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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Scorpions (Scorpiones) » Buthidae » Bark Scorpions (Centruroides) » Florida Bark Scorpion (Centruroides gracilis)

Species Centruroides gracilis - Florida Bark Scorpion

Classification · Other Common Names · Remarks · Internet References
Centruroides gracilis Centruroides gracilis - female Banana Scorpion/slenderbrown scorpion - Centruroides gracilis Scorpion in the back yard - Centruroides gracilis Gravid or well fed? - Centruroides gracilis - female Centruroides gracilis? - Centruroides gracilis - male Florida Bark Scorpion - Centruroides gracilis - female She's about to pop! - Centruroides gracilis - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Scorpiones (Scorpions)
Family Buthidae
Genus Centruroides (Bark Scorpions)
Species gracilis (Florida Bark Scorpion)
Other Common Names
Slender Brown Scorpion
Brown Bark Scorpion
Florida Bark Scorpion
Remarks
Introduced from the tropics.
Internet References
Floridanature.org
The Scorpion Files.
Journal of Arachnology Life history.
Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 21 January, 2006 - 6:20pm
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, Beatriz Moisset, kschnei
Last updated 3 September, 2009 - 3:19pm

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