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

Scutigera coleoptrata (Linnaeus, 1758)

394580  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:394580)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 638 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 
Distribution Probably indigenous to the Mediterranean but extending to much of Europe, Asia, North & South America, Africa, St.Helena, etc.  
Distribution Probably indigenous to the Mediterranean but extending to much of Europe, Asia, North & South America, Africa, St.Helena, etc. [details]
Myriapods (2024). Scutigera coleoptrata (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/myriapoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=394580 on 2024-04-18
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2009-05-06 17:47:09Z
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2009-05-14 17:34:09Z
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2010-07-14 08:54:47Z
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2023-01-01 20:25:07Z
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original description  (of Julus araneoides Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

original description  (of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 638 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

context source (Bermuda) Hilburn, D. J. (1989). Terrestrial arthropods of Bermuda. Unpub. MS - 1989. [details]   

basis of record Barber, A. D. (2009). Littoral myriapods. a review. <em>Soil Organisms.</em> 81(3): 735-760., available online at https://www.senckenberg.de/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/33_barber.pdf [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

additional source 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. (2006) Myriapoda (Centipedes & Millipedes) from the Channel Islands. Bull.British Myriapod & Isopod Group 21: 19-39 [details]   

additional source Pallas P. S. (1772). Spicilegia Zoologica, quibus novae imprimis et obscurae animalium species iconibus, descriptionibus atque commentariis illustrantur cura P.S. Pallas. Fasciculus 9: 1-86. Berolini., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27818001 [details]   
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Distribution Probably indigenous to the Mediterranean but extending to much of Europe, Asia, North & South America, Africa, St.Helena, etc. [details]

Ecology Scutigeromorphs are seen in coastal localities in various parts of the world. Scutigera coleoptrata has been collected amongst large pebbles just above HWM on Jersey (CI) and on the French Channel coast (Barber, 2006) [details]

Editor's comment Pallas (1772) writes of Julus araneiodes (Scutigera coleoptrata) as "insectum pelagicum ab amico mihi Navarcho quodam inter susceptos in Oceano Atlantico Fuci natatis fasiculos" [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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