Eupolybothrus cavernicolus

{{Short description|Species of centipede}} {{Speciesbox | image = Eupolybothrus cavernicolus male paratype.jpg | image_caption = ''Eupolybothrus cavernicolus'' male paratype | taxon = Eupolybothrus cavernicolus | authority = (Komerički & Stoev, 2013) | image2 = Movie of live Eupolybothrus cavernicolus Komerički and Stoev male holotype.webm | image2_caption = Live ''Eupolybothrus cavernicolus'' male holotype }}

'''''Eupolybothrus cavernicolus''''' is a species of [[centipede]] so far only found in two caves near the village of [[Kistanje]], in [[Šibenik-Knin County]], [[Croatia]].<ref name="BDJ">{{cite journal | last1 = Stoev|first1 = Pavel | last2 = Komerički|first2 = Ana |display-authors=etal | title = Eupolybothrus cavernicolus Komerički & Stoev sp. n. (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha: Lithobiidae)... | journal = Biodiversity Data Journal | volume = 1: e1013 | issue = 1 | article-number = e1013 | publisher = Pensoft Publishers | date = 28 October 2013 | doi = 10.3897/BDJ.1.e1013 |pmid = 24723752 | pmc = 3964625 |doi-access = free }}</ref>

[[File:3D rendering of micro-CT scan of Eupolybothrus cavernicolus Komerički & Stoev - biodiversity data journal-1-e1013-g021.ogv|thumb|left|3D rendering of a micro-CT scan of ''Eupolybothrus cavernicolus''.]] It has been dubbed the ''cyber-centipede'' as it is the first [[Eukaryote|eukaryotic]] species for which, in addition to the traditional [[Morphology (biology)|morphological]] description, scientists have provided a [[Transcriptome|transcriptomic]] profile, [[DNA barcoding]] data, detailed anatomical [[X-ray microtomography]] (micro-CT), and a movie of the living specimen.<ref name="BDJ"/><ref>{{cite web | title = The Cyber-Centipede: From Linnaeus to Big Data | url = https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/10/131028101110.htm | work = sciencedaily.com | date = 28 October 2013 | access-date = 28 December 2013 }}</ref>

It was discovered in by 2013 by biospeleologists Komerički and Stoev.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.gbif.org/species/100061462 | title=Eupolybothrus cavernicolus Komerički & Stoev, 2013 }}</ref>

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[[Category:Lithobiomorpha]] [[Category:Myriapods of Europe]] [[Category:Animals described in 2013]] [[Category:Cave arthropods]] [[Category:Endemic fauna of Croatia]]