Cryptopidae
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| Cryptopidae | |
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| Cryptops hortensis | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Scolopendromorpha |
| Family: | Cryptopidae Kohlrausch, 1881 |
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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]
