Eastern Fire Centipede
Scolopocryptops sexspinosus Say (1821)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum | Myriapoda |
| Class | Chilopoda |
| Order | Scolopendromorpha |
| Family | Scolopocryptopidae |
| Genus | Scolopocryptops |
| Species | Scolopocryptops sexspinosus Say (1821) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Trogloxene
- Realm
- Terrestrial
Distribution
Range
Known from 15 counties across four states.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Alabama, Georgia, Missouri, Tennessee
Counties
- Alabama
- Blount, Colbert, Conecuh, DeKalb, Jackson, Lauderdale, Limestone, Madison, Marshall
- Georgia
- Dade, Walker
- Missouri
- Jasper
- Tennessee
- Franklin, Grundy, Jackson
Conservation and management
NatureServe
GNR Unranked
National ranks
- United States
- NNR
- Canada
- NNR
Subnational ranks
- South Carolina
- SNR Unranked
- Ontario
- SU Unrankable
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
References
- Garman, S. 1889. Cave animals from southwestern Missouri. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 17: 225–240. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4632250.
- Lewis, J.J. & Lewis, S.L. 2007. A biological reconnaissance of selected caves in the Highland Rim area of central Tennessee. Tennessee Chapter Cave Program, The Nature Conservancy, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. 42 pp.
- Lewis, J.J., Whitaker, J.O. & Krantz, G.W. 2010. A biological reconnaissance of the invertebrate fauna of twelve Tennessee caves with notes on the guanophilic mites of the genus Macrocheles. Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science 85: 53–61.
- Peck, S.B. 1989. The cave fauna of Alabama. Part I. The terrestrial invertebrates (excluding insects). National Speleological Society Bulletin 51: 11–33.
- Zigler, K.S., Niemiller, M.L., Stephen, C.D.R., Ayala, B.N., Milne, M.A., Gladstone, N.S., Engel, A.S., Jensen, J.B., Camp, C.D., Ozier, J.C. & Cressler, A. 2020. Biodiversity from caves and other subterranean habitats of Georgia, USA. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 82: 125–167. doi:10.4311/2019LSC0125
How to cite this account
Scolopocryptops sexspinosus Say (1821). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2917. https://cavebiology.org/species/scolopocryptops-sexspinosus/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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