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Eupolybothrus cavernicolus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subphylum
  
Myriapoda

Order
  
Lithobiomorpha

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Class
  
Chilopoda

Family
  
Lithobiidae

Eupolybothrus cavernicolus

Eupolybothrus cavernicolus is a species of centipede so far only found in two caves near the village of Kistanje, in Šibenik-Knin County, Croatia.

It has been dubbed the cyber-centipede as it is the first eukaryotic species for which, in addition to the traditional morphological description, scientists have provided a transcriptomic profile, DNA barcoding data, detailed anatomical X-ray microtomography (micro-CT), and a movie of the living specimen.

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Eupolybothrus cavernicolus Wikipedia