Species Account for Cryptops anomalans
Cryptops anomalans Newport, 1844
a centipede
Myriapoda: Cryptopidae
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Taxonomic group: centipedes and millipedes (Myriapoda) - County data
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Essex RDB: Listed
Threat: Essex Threatened
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possibly introduced
Species text
This centipede is a large and impressive animal capable of penetrating human skin with its poison claws. It occurs in scattered, more or less urban, localities in south-east England with a few records from the southwest (Barber & Keay, 1988), and at the time of publication of that provisional atlas it is noted as being recorded from fifteen 10km squares. References
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