The Cryptopidae are a family of scolopendromorph centipedes. Cryptopids are blind (lacking ocelli) and possess 21 pairs of legs. The genus Cryptops is the numerically largest in the family, comprising over 150 species worldwide.
Classification The following genera, may be included:GBIF: Family Cryptopidae Cryptops Leach, 1814 Eremops Bollman, 1893 Mimops Kraepelin, 1903 Paracryptops Pocock, 1891 Tonkinodentus Schileyko, 1992 Trigonocryptops Verhoeff, 1906
The genera Plutonium and Theatops Newport, 1844, formerly classified in the cryptopid subfamily Plutoniuminae, are now placed in the recently elevated family Plutoniumidae.
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