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Centipede Venom: Recent Discoveries and Current State of Knowledge

Toxins, 2015
Centipedes are among the oldest extant venomous predators on the planet. Armed with a pair of modified, venom-bearing limbs, they are an important group of predatory arthropods and are infamous for their ability to deliver painful stings.
Eivind A. B. Undheim, Bryan G. Fry, Glenn F. King   +2 more
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The complete mitochondrial genome of the geophilomorph centipede Strigamia maritima.

PLoS ONE, 2015
Strigamia maritima (Myriapoda; Chilopoda) is a species from the soil-living order of geophilomorph centipedes. The Geophilomorpha is the most speciose order of centipedes with over a 1000 species described.
Helen E Robertson, François Lapraz, Adelaide C Rhodes, Maximilian J Telford   +3 more
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Scolopendromorph centipedes on the Karst Plateau: A survey from Bat Dai Son Nature Reserve, northern Vietnam

Acta Biologica Sibirica
The species diversity of scolopendromorph centipedes in the Bat Dai Son Nature Reserve, located on the southwestern edge of the Dong Van Karst Plateau in northern Vietnam, is documented based on freshly collected specimens.
Le X. Son, Do T. Thinh, Nguyen H. Thuc, Tran T.T. Binh, Nguyen D. Anh   +4 more
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Centipede KCNQ Inhibitor SsTx Also Targets K_V1.3

Toxins, 2019
It was recently discovered that Ssm Spooky Toxin (SsTx) with 53 residues serves as a key killer factor in red-headed centipede’s venom arsenal, due to its potent blockage of the widely expressed KCNQ channels to simultaneously and efficiently ...
Canwei Du, Jiameng Li, Zicheng Shao, James Mwangi, Runjia Xu, Huiwen Tian, Guoxiang Mo, Ren Lai, Shilong Yang   +8 more
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A common terminology for the external anatomy of centipedes (Chilopoda)

ZooKeys, 2010
A common terminology for the external morphological characters of centipedes (Chilopoda) is proposed. Terms are selected from the alternatives used in the English literature, preferring those most frequently used or those that have been introduced ...
Lucio Bonato, Gregory Edgecombe, John Lewis, Alessandro Minelli, Luis Pereira, Rowland Shelley, Marzio Zapparoli   +6 more
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Millipede genomes reveal unique adaptations during myriapod evolution

PLoS Biology, 2020
The Myriapoda, composed of millipedes and centipedes, is a fascinating but poorly understood branch of life, including species with a highly unusual body plan and a range of unique adaptations to their environment.
Zhe Qu, Wenyan Nong, Wai Lok So, Tom Barton-Owen, Yiqian Li, Thomas C. N. Leung, Chade Li, Tobias Baril, Annette Y. P. Wong, Thomas Swale, Ting-Fung Chan, Alexander Hayward, Sai-Ming Ngai, Jerome H. L. Hui, Selene L Fernandez-Valverde   +14 more
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Ecology, natural history, and conservation status of Scolopendra abnormis, a threatened centipede endemic to Mauritius

Endangered Species Research
The Serpent Island centipede Scolopendra abnormis is a threatened centipede species found on only 2 small islands in the Indian Ocean: Round Island, located 22.5 km northeast of Mauritius, and Serpent Island, 4 km northwest of Round Island.
MPTG Tercel, JP Cuff, IP Vaughan, WOC Symondson, M Goder, S Matadeen, V Tatayah, NC Cole   +7 more
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Centipedes

, 2008
Centipedes are long, slender arthropods in the class Chilopoda. Centipede means “hundred feet” because they appear to have many legs. Insects, millipedes and arachnids are close relatives. Centipedes should be considered beneficial because they are exclusively predatory. They eat a wide variety of smaller invertebrates, including insects.
Hodgson, Erin W., Bingham, Paul, Roe, Alan H.   +2 more
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Reproductive and feeding biology of the common lancehead Bothrops atrox (Serpentes, Viperidae) from central and southwestern Brazilian Amazonia

Acta Amazonica
The pitviper Bothrops atrox is a widely distributed and medically important snake in Amazonia. Given that the reproductive and feeding biology of snakes varies geographically, we aimed to characterize the natural history of individuals from the ...
Pedro Ferreira BISNETO, Igor Luis KAEFER
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Catalogue of Chilean centipedes (Myriapoda, Chilopoda)

Soil Organisms, 2018
A review of all literature, published between 1847 and 2016, provides a comprehensive inventory of research on Chilean Chilopoda. A total of 4 orders, 10 families, 28 genera and 70 species were recorded, highlighting the diversity of Chilopoda species in
Emmanuel Vega-Román, Víctor Hugo Ruiz   +1 more
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