Eupolybothrus cavernicolus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
Class: | Chilopoda |
Order: | Lithobiomorpha |
Family: | Lithobiidae |
Genus: | Eupolybothrus |
Species: | E. cavernicolus |
Binomial name | |
Eupolybothrus cavernicolus (Komerički & Stoev, 2013) |
Eupolybothrus cavernicolus is a species of centipede so far only found in two caves near the village of Kistanje, in Šibenik-Knin County, Croatia.
It has been dubbed the cyber-centipede as it is the first eukaryotic species for which, in addition to the traditional morphological description, scientists have provided a transcriptomic profile, DNA barcoding data, detailed anatomical X-ray microtomography (micro-CT), and a movie of the living specimen.