Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Cryptops beebei
ciempiés, Centipede
Eyeless species in widespread eyeless taxa. Found in soil.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Chilopoda
Order
Scolopendromorpha
Family
Cryptopidae
Genus
Cryptops
Species
beebei
Taxon category: Accepted
Distribution: Genovesa, Volcán Sierra Negra, Volcán Alcedo, Volcán Darwin, Pinta, Pinzón, Rábida, Santiago, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz
- Baert, L. Herrera, H.W. (2013) The Myriapoda of the Galápagos Archipelago, Ecuador (Chilopoda, Diplopoda, Symphyla) Belgian Journal of Entomology 14 :1-49
- Peck, S.B. Shear, W.A. (2000) New Records of Myriapoda (Centipedes and Millipedes) from the Galapagos Islands. Noticias de Galapagos 61: 14-16.
- Peck, S.B. (1990) Eyeless arthropods of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador: Composition and origin of the cryptozoic fauna of a young, tropical, oceanic archipelago. Biotropica 22(4): 366-381.
You are welcome to download and use the information found in this page, acknowledging its source.
This page should be cited as follows:
"Galapagos Species Database, Cryptops beebei", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5757. Accessed 31 October 2026.