Cercophonius sulcatus
Appearance
Cercophonius sulcatus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Scorpiones |
Family: | Bothriuridae |
Genus: | Cercophonius |
Species: | C. sulcatus
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Binomial name | |
Cercophonius sulcatus |
Cercophonius sulcatus, also known as the western wood scorpion, is a species of scorpion in the Bothriuridae family. It occurs in Western Australia, and was first described in 1908 by German naturalist Karl Kraepelin.[1]