Cryptopidae
Family of centipedes
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The Cryptopidae are a family of scolopendromorph centipedes. Cryptopids are blind (lacking ocelli) and possess 21 pairs of legs.[1] The genus Cryptops is the numerically largest in the family, comprising over 150 species worldwide.[2]
| Cryptopidae | |
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| Cryptops hortensis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Scolopendromorpha |
| Family: | Cryptopidae Kohlrausch, 1881 |
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Classification
The following genera, may be included:[3][4]
- Cryptops Leach, 1814
- Eremops Bollman, 1893
- Mimops Kraepelin, 1903
- Paracryptops Pocock, 1891
- Tonkinodentus Schileyko, 1992
- Trigonocryptops Verhoeff, 1906
The genera Plutonium and Theatops Newport, 1844, formerly classified in the cryptopid subfamily Plutoniuminae, are now placed in the recently elevated family Plutoniumidae.[5]