Thalassisobates littoralis, Seil Island, Scotland. Photograph copyright Tony Barber
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Myriapods taxon details

Lithobius forficatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

394576  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:394576)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Scolopendra forficata Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 
Barber, A. D. (2024). World Database of littoral Myriapoda. Lithobius forficatus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/myriapoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=394576 on 2024-03-29
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2009-05-06 17:47:09Z
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2009-05-07 10:22:15Z
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2010-07-14 08:54:47Z
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2017-02-21 17:10:38Z
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2017-02-21 18:28:02Z
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original description  (of Scolopendra forficata Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

basis of record Barber, A.D. (2009a) Centipedes. Linnean Society Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series) 58. Field Studies Council, Shrewsbury. [details]   

additional source Barber, A.D. & Keay, A.N. (1988) Provisional Atlas of the Centipedes of the British Isles. NERC, Huntingdon, UK [details]   
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Ecology A widespread terrestrial species found in a wide diversity of habitats in the UK and elsewhere including the seashore above HWM. [details]

Habitat This species is either supralittoral or can be found in the intertidal zone but does not live there naturally.
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