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Scutigera coleoptrata (Linnaeus, 1758)
394580 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:394580)
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Julus araneoides Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted
(of ) 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
page(s): 638 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 638 [details] Available for editors
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 2025-03-27
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(of Julus araneoides 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
original description (of ) 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
page(s): 638 [details] Available for editors
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
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]
original description (of ) 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
page(s): 638 [details] Available for editors
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
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
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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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