Hottentotta caboverdensis
| Hottentotta caboverdensis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Scorpiones |
| Family: | Buthidae |
| Genus: | Hottentotta |
| Species: | H. caboverdensis |
| Binomial name | |
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Hottentotta caboverdensis Lourenço & Ythier, 2006 |
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Hottentotta caboverdensis is a species of scorpions of the family Buthidae. The species was named by Wilson R. Lourenço and Éric Ythier in 2006.
Its species name is of where the species are founded, the archipelago name in Latin caboverdensis (Capeverdean or Cape Verdean).
Its color is likely to be red.
The species are endemic in Cape Verde and are founded in the island of Santiago. It is considered the only species of scorpions on the island and the archipelago.
The species of scorpion gives its name to the football (soccer) club Scorpion Vermelho, a club that is part of the Santiago North Regional Football Association, it was founded in 2003.
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