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Maritime centipede

Strigamia maritima Leach (1817)

Status not recordedother invertebrates

The maritime centipede (Strigamia maritima) is a species in the family Linotaeniidae, order Geophilomorpha. Source checklists list it for 10 countries, including Belgium, Denmark and France.

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Quick facts about the maritime centipede

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
10 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the maritime centipede 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 maritime centipede is listed for 10 countries.

NorwayFranceSwedenPolandGermanyBelgiumNetherlandsIrelandDenmarkUnited Kingdom
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Belgium
  2. Denmark
  3. France
  4. Germany
  5. Ireland
  6. Netherlands
  7. Norway
  8. Poland
  9. Sweden
  10. United Kingdom

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the maritime centipede 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 maritime centipede classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classChilopoda
  4. orderGeophilomorpha
  5. familyLinotaeniidae
  6. genusStrigamia
  7. SpeciesStrigamia maritima Leach (1817)

Synonyms Geophilus maritimus, Scolioplanes maritimus, Scolioplanes maritumus

Other names and names in other languages (8)
  • Kyst-skolopenderDanish
  • Strigamie maritimeFrench
  • havstrandkryperNorwegian Bokmål
  • kustaardkruiperDutch
  • havstrandkryparNorwegian Nynorsk
  • Геофил морскойRussian
  • havsstrandskrypareSwedish
  • havsstrandjordkrypareSwedish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the maritime centipede

Other species in the same genus Strigamia.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the maritime centipede live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the maritime centipede for 10 countries, including Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany and Ireland. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the maritime centipede?

The maritime centipede (Strigamia maritima) belongs to the family Linotaeniidae in the order Geophilomorpha.

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). Maritime centipede (Strigamia maritima). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/maritime-centipede

MLA

“Maritime centipede (Strigamia maritima).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/maritime-centipede.

BibTeX
@misc{maritime_centipede_2026,
  title = {Maritime centipede (Strigamia maritima)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/maritime-centipede},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}