Pilbara Blind Subterranean Centipede (WAM CHI113) Cryptops FP-14360
Discoverer: E.S. Volschenk (2013)

Fauna Portal species: 14360
Order: Scolopendromorpha (Tropical Centipedes)
Family: Cryptopidae


FP-14360

Generic image of Cryptops centiped

Fauna Portal Image No. 12114

Diagnosis

Cryptops FP-14360 is diagnosed by molecular methods (COI barcoding).

Status

  • native

Fauna Portal Reference

unknown
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Western Australian Museum
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T136354
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27 May 2014
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Australia
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Western Australia
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ca. 22 km, S. of Pannawonica
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bore scrape (trog)

Australia

  • Western Australia

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Volker Framenau, 17 September 2025