MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Scolopendra Linnaeus, 1758

ERMS taxon details

Scolopendra Linnaeus, 1758

AphiaID

238245 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:238245)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Scolopendridae

Original name

Scolopendra Linnaeus, 1758

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Species Scolopendra marina Linnaeus, 1758 (uncertain > nomen dubium, indeterminable)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, terrestrial

Fossil range

recent only

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 637 (639 for Scolopendra marina) [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

ERMS (2025). Scolopendra Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=238245 on 2026-08-25

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Scolopendra Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=238245 on 2026-08-25

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2007-03-12 17:37:15Z

created

Musco, Luigi

2007-05-08 09:21:04Z

changed

Musco, Luigi

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

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Fauchald, Kristian

2014-10-29 10:50:40Z

changed

Gil, João

2017-01-27 01:16:07Z

changed

Read, Geoffrey

2017-02-14 04:49:58Z

changed

Read, Geoffrey

2017-02-22 02:54:16Z

changed

Read, Geoffrey

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original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 637 (639 for Scolopendra marina) [details] Available for editors

taxonomy source Ashworth, J.H. (1912). Catalogue of the Chaetopoda in the British Museum. A. Polychaeta: Part 1. Arenicolidae. London, British Museum of Natural History.
note: extensive comments on historic usages of Scolopendra and Scolopendra marina in relation to marine annelids [details]

taxonomy source Barber, Anthony. (2014). Early records and names of British & Irish centipedes. <em>Bulletin of the British Myriapod and Isopod Group [BMIG].</em> 27: 43-52., available online at https://www.bmig.org.uk/sites/www.bmig.org.uk/files/bulletin/BullBMIG27(2014)p43-52_Barber-Early-Recs.pdf
note: comments on early usages of Scolopendra, including for marine worms [details] Available for editors

taxonomy source Siriwut, W.; Edgecombe, G.; Sutcharit, C.; Tongkerd, P.; Panha, S. (2016). A taxonomic review of the centipede genus Scolopendra Linnaeus, 1758 (Scolopendromorpha, Scolopendridae) in mainland Southeast Asia, with description of a new species from Laos. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 590: 1-124., available online at http://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/7950/list/9/ [details]

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Introduced: alien

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