# Hormurus polisorum

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Species of scorpion

Hormurus polisorum Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Class: Arachnida Order: Scorpiones Family: Hormuridae Genus: Hormurus Species: H. polisorum Binomial name Hormurus polisorum (Volschenk, Locket & Harvey, 2001)[1] Synonyms Liocheles polisorum Volschenk, Locket & Harvey, 2001

***Hormurus polisorum***, also known as the **Christmas Island cave scorpion**, is a species of [troglobitic](/source/Troglofauna) [scorpion](/source/Scorpion) in the [Hormuridae](/source/Hormuridae) [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)). It is [endemic](/source/Endemism) to [Australia](/source/Australia)’s [Christmas Island](/source/Christmas_Island) in the eastern [Indian Ocean](/source/Indian_Ocean). It was first described in 2001; at the time of its discovery, it was the first troglobitic scorpion species recorded for Australia, and the second outside the Americas. The scorpions are rare, blind, obligate cave-dwellers, and are restricted to only a few caves on Christmas Island.[2]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-volschenk2001_1-0)** Volschenk, ES; Locket, NA; Harvey, MS (2001). "First record of a troglobitic ischnurid scorpion from Australasia (Scorpiones: Ischnuridae).". In Fet, V; Seldon, PA (eds.). *Scorpiones 2001. In Memoriam Gary A. Polis*. Burnham Beeches, Bucks.: British Arachnological Society. pp. 161–170.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-humphreys2001_2-0)** Humphreys, WE; Eberhard, Stefan (2001). ["Subterranean Fauna of Christmas Island, Indian Ocean"](https://helictite.caves.org.au/pdf1/37.2.Humphreys.pdf) (PDF). *Helictite*. **37** (2): 59–74. Retrieved 6 February 2023.

Taxon identifiers Hormurus polisorum Wikidata: Q111591630 AFD: Hormurus_polisorum CoL: 6MDB9 GBIF: 8154212 Open Tree of Life: 5124230 Liocheles polisorum Wikidata: Q3241756 GBIF: 6892670 IRMNG: 11665838 Open Tree of Life: 5124230 Plazi: 72B0A8F6-05D5-30FE-8DEE-62CA7EC5BE05 ZooBank: 7657D978-D4A2-4F16-8DF0-885BEA8C6CDF

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