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The Impact of Climate and Land Use Change on Greek Centipede Biodiversity and Conservation
LandCentipedes (Chilopoda, Myriapoda) are crucial soil predators, yet their vulnerability to climate and land use change remains unexplored. We assess the impact of these drivers on Greek centipedes, identify current and future biodiversity hotspots, and ...
Elisavet Georgopoulou +2 more
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Toxins in Drug Discovery and Pharmacology
Toxins, 2018 Venoms from marine and terrestrial animals (cone snails, scorpions, spiders, snakes, centipedes, cnidarian, etc.) can be seen as an untapped cocktail of biologically active compounds, being increasingly recognized as a new emerging source of peptide ...
Steve Peigneur, Jan Tytgat
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Nature, 1896 WAS not the insect seen by Miss Rose Haig Thomas (see NATURE, p. 131) a specimen of the Myriapod Scolopendra electrica, or Geophilus electricus, a well-known luminous insect whose light is but rarely seen owing to the insect living underground and in manure heaps? It is, however, the only luminous British species.
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Zoogeographic analysis of Chilopoda and Diplop-oda of the fauna of the Central Ciscaucasia
Наука. Инновации. Технологии, 2022 There is a zoogeographical analysis of 55 species of centipedes and millipedes of the Central Ciscaucasia. It was revealed that in the formation of the fauna of this region, the most important were species that refer to the Boreal, Mediterranean and ...
Sergey Ivanovich Sigida +1 more
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On the function of the ultimate legs of some Scolopendridae (Chilopoda, Scolopendromorpha)
ZooKeys, 2015 The function of the variously shaped ultimate legs of Scolopendridae is briefly reviewed. Their function in Scolopendra heros Girard, 1853, Scolopendra subspinipes Leach, 1815, Scolopendra morsitans (Linnaeus, 1758), Scolopendra galapagoensis Bollman ...
Christian Kronmüller, John G.J. Lewis
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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 +2 more
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Nature, 1902 IN your issue of January 9 (p. 223), an account of some observations of the Geophilus is given, from which it would appear that it used its power of emitting light as a means of protection. It might be well to point out that irritation or excitation of many luminous organisms has this result.
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Acta Biologica SibiricaThe 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 +4 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 +3 more
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Centipede KCNQ Inhibitor SsTx Also Targets KV1.3
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 +8 more
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