Five million years in the darkness: A new troglomorphic species of Cryptops Leach, 1814 (Chilopoda, Scolopendromorpha) from Movile Cave, Romania

Five million years in the darkness: A new troglomorphic species of Cryptops Leach, 1814 (Chilopoda, Scolopendromorpha) from Movile Cave, Romania

A new species of Cryptops Leach, 1814, C. speleorex sp. nov., is described from Movile Cave, Dobrogea, Romania. The cave is remarkable for its unique ecosystem entirely dependent on methane- and sulfur-oxidising bacteria. Until now, the cave was thought to be inhabited by the epigean...

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Main Authors:	Varpu Vahtera, Pavel Stoev, Nesrine Akkari
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Pensoft Publishers 2020-12-01
Series:	ZooKeys
Online Access:	https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/58537/download/pdf/

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