Thalassisobates littoralis, Seil Island, Scotland. Photograph copyright Tony Barber
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Myriapods taxon details

Lithobius forficatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Scolopendra forficata Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
Barber, A. D. (2025). World Database of littoral Myriapoda. Lithobius forficatus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/myriapoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=394576 on 2026-02-22
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original description (of Scolopendra forficata Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

basis of record Barber, A.D. (2009a) Centipedes. Linnean Society Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series) 58. Field Studies Council, Shrewsbury. [details] 

additional source Barber, A.D. & Keay, A.N. (1988) Provisional Atlas of the Centipedes of the British Isles. NERC, Huntingdon, UK [details] 
 
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Ecology A widespread terrestrial species found in a wide diversity of habitats in the UK and elsewhere including the seashore above HWM. [details]

Habitat This species is either supralittoral or can be found in the intertidal zone but does not live there naturally.
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