Species Profile
Scolopendra hardwickei
Indian blue centipede
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassChilopoda
OrderUnknown
FamilyUnknown
Introduction
Terrestrial, nocturnal arthropod found under stones and logs.
A fast-moving carnivorous predator with defensive venom.
Size & Structure
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Elongated, dorsoventrally flattened body
02
Bright blue body with yellow legs
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Body divided into many segments
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Each segment bears one pair of legs
Scolopendra hardwickei — 3D Model
General Features
- Coelom
- Coelomate
- Body plan
- Tube within a tube body plan (Protostomous)
- Germ layer
- Triploblastic
- Metamerism
- Present
- Body symmetry
- Bilateral symmetry
- Fertilization
- Internal
- Digestion type
- Complete digestion
- Nervous system
- Paired ventral nerve cord
- Excretory organ
- Malpighian tubules
- Body temperature
- Poikilothermic (stenohaline)
- Circulatory type
- Open circulatory system
- Development type
- Direct development
- Respiratory type
- Tracheal respiration
- Mode of excretion
- Uricotelism
- Circulation system
- Open
- Skeleton structure
- Exoskeleton
- Level of Organisation
- Organ system level
- Regulation of Osmosis
- Osmoregulator
Ecology
Predator of insects and small arthropods
Controls soil-dwelling pest population
Part of terrestrial food web
Economic Importance
Used in venom and toxin research
Educational specimen in zoology
Ecological importance in soil habitats