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Scolopendra
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Scolopendra (through Latin from Greek σκολόπενδρα, skoˈlo.pen.ðɾa) is a species-rich genus of large tropical centipedes of the family Scolopendridae.
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
Class: | Chilopoda |
Order: | Scolopendromorpha |
Family: | Scolopendridae |
Genus: | Scolopendra Linnaeus, 1758 |
Type species | |
Scolopendra morsitans [1] |
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