Galapagos Species Database
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Scolopendra galapagoensis
scolopendra, ciempiés de Galápagos, Galápagos centipede
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Chilopoda
Order
Scolopendromorpha
Family
Scolopendridae
Genus
Scolopendra
Species
galapagoensis
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Darwin, Española, Fernandina, Floreana, Genovesa, Volcán Cerro Azul, Volcán Sierra Negra, Volcán Alcedo, Volcán Darwin, Volcán Wolf, Marchena, North Plaza, Pinta, Pinzón, Rábida, Santiago, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, Santa Fé, Wolf
- Desender, K. Baert, L., Maelfait, J.-P. & Verdyck P. (1990) Conservation on Volcan Alcedo (Galapagos): terrestrial invertebrates and the impact of introduced feral goats. Biological Conservation 87: 303-310.
- 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. (1996) The arthropods of the allobiosphere (barren lava flows) of the Galapagos islands, Ecuador Noticias de Galápagos 56: 9-12.
- Jaramillo, P. Reyes, D. & Yánez, P. (2005) Arthopods in the Charles Darwin Research Station herbarium, Galápagos, during 1999-2001. GALAPAGOS RESEARCH. Noticias de Galápagos. 63: 23-25.
- 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, Scolopendra galapagoensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=6899. Accessed 13 December 2024.