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Peninsula cave millipede

Cryptops stupendus Attems, 1928

Status not recordedother invertebrates

The peninsula cave millipede (Cryptops stupendus) is a species in the family Cryptopidae, order Scolopendromorpha. Source checklists list it for 1 country: South Africa.

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Quick facts about the peninsula cave millipede

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the peninsula cave millipede live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The peninsula cave millipede is listed for 1 country.

South Africa
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. South Africa

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the peninsula cave millipede endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the peninsula cave millipede classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classChilopoda
  4. orderScolopendromorpha
  5. familyCryptopidae
  6. genusCryptops
  7. SpeciesCryptops stupendus Attems, 1928

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the peninsula cave millipede

Other species in the same genus Cryptops.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the peninsula cave millipede live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the peninsula cave millipede for 1 country: South Africa. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the peninsula cave millipede?

The peninsula cave millipede (Cryptops stupendus) belongs to the family Cryptopidae in the order Scolopendromorpha.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Peninsula cave millipede (Cryptops stupendus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/cryptops-stupendus

MLA

“Peninsula cave millipede (Cryptops stupendus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/cryptops-stupendus.

BibTeX
@misc{cryptops_stupendus_2026,
  title = {Peninsula cave millipede (Cryptops stupendus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/cryptops-stupendus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}