Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Cormocephalus andinus
ciempiés, Centipede
Species introduced, now probably extinct. (Peck & Shear 2000)
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Chilopoda
Order
Scolopendromorpha
Family
Scolopendridae
Genus
Cormocephalus
Species
andinus
Taxon category: Accepted
Cormocephalus andinus (Kraepelin, 1903) vide Minelli, A., et al. (2006).
- Peck, S.B. Shear, W.A. (2000) New Records of Myriapoda (Centipedes and Millipedes) from the Galapagos Islands. Noticias de Galapagos 61: 14-16.
- Minelli, A. Bonato, L., Dioguardi, R. et al. (2006) Chilobase: a web resource for Chilopoda taxonomy. Available online at http://chilobase.bio.unipd.it/.
- Baert, L. Herrera, H.W. (2013) The Myriapoda of the Galápagos Archipelago, Ecuador (Chilopoda, Diplopoda, Symphyla) Belgian Journal of Entomology 14 :1-49
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"Galapagos Species Database, Cormocephalus andinus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=17208. Accessed 22 July 2025.