Galapagos Species Database
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Orphnaeus brevilabiatus
Ciempiés, Centipede
Eyeless species in widespread eyeless taxa. Found in soil. It is reported from all vegetation zones from arid zone to summit fern-sedge zone.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Chilopoda
Order
Geophilomorpha
Family
Oryidae
Genus
Orphnaeus
Species
brevilabiatus
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 1899
Mode of introduction: Accidental
Introduction Pathway: Contaminant
Subpathway: On habitat material (soil, vegetation)
Introduced status: Naturalized
Invasive status: Unlikely to become invasive
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Española, Fernandina, Floreana, Volcán Cerro Azul, Volcán Sierra Negra, Volcán Alcedo, Volcán Darwin, Volcán Wolf, Pinta, Pinzón, Rábida, Santiago, 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.
- Shear, W. A Peck, S. B. (1992) Centipeds (Chilopoda) and Symphyla of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 70(11), 2260-2274.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Orphnaeus brevilabiatus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=6737/1000. Accessed 5 June 2026.