Giant Desert Centipede
Scolopendra heros
Living individuals or members of this group exist today. This does not mean they are safe from extinction.
Many-legged arthropods with one pair of legs on each trunk segment.
Classification
- Common name
- Giant Desert Centipede
- Browse group
- Centipedes
- Scientific name or taxon
- Scolopendra heros
- Taxon rank
- species
- Order
- Scolopendromorpha
- Family
- Scolopendridae
- Genus
- Scolopendra
- Source classification
- Chilopoda
Taxonomy checked against GBIF. For breeds and hybrids, this describes the listed parent taxon.
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Sources
- A–Z Animals: Giant Desert Centipede · Directory entry
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