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Paris cryptops

Cryptops parisi Brolemann, 1920

Status not recordedother invertebrates

The paris cryptops (Cryptops parisi) is a species in the family Cryptopidae, order Scolopendromorpha. Source checklists list it for 9 countries, including Finland, France and Ireland.

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Quick facts about the paris cryptops

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
9 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the paris cryptops 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 paris cryptops is listed for 9 countries.

NorwayFranceSwedenPortugalSpainIrelandItalyUnited KingdomFinland
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Finland
  2. France
  3. Ireland
  4. Italy
  5. Norway
  6. Portugal
  7. Spain
  8. Sweden
  9. United Kingdom

Why a country list is not a range map

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the paris cryptops as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Sweden

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the paris cryptops 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 paris cryptops classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classChilopoda
  4. orderScolopendromorpha
  5. familyCryptopidae
  6. genusCryptops
  7. SpeciesCryptops parisi Brolemann, 1920

Synonyms Cryptops parisi cristata, Cryptops parisi transsilvanicus, Cryptops rhenanus, Cryptops transsylvanicus

Other names and names in other languages (6)
  • stonoha francouzskáCzech
  • Cryptops de ParisFrench
  • veksthusskolopenderNorwegian Bokmål
  • KleibladkruiperDutch
  • Paris skolopenderSwedish
  • växthusskolopenderSwedish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the paris cryptops

Other species in the same genus Cryptops.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the paris cryptops live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the paris cryptops for 9 countries, including Finland, France, Ireland, Italy and Norway. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the paris cryptops an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the paris cryptops as introduced in 1 country: Sweden, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the paris cryptops?

The paris cryptops (Cryptops parisi) 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). Paris cryptops (Cryptops parisi). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/paris-cryptops

MLA

“Paris cryptops (Cryptops parisi).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/paris-cryptops.

BibTeX
@misc{paris_cryptops_2026,
  title = {Paris cryptops (Cryptops parisi)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/paris-cryptops},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}