Centruroides barbudensis
Appearance
Centruroides barbudensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Scorpiones |
Family: | Buthidae |
Genus: | Centruroides |
Species: | C. barbudensis
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Binomial name | |
Centruroides barbudensis |
Centruroides barbudensis is a species of scorpion in the family Buthidae.[2]
It possesses excitatory neurotoxins that act on sodium and potassium channels. Toxic catecholamine-release can cause adrenergic cardiac effects.[3]
Distribution
[edit]This species is endemic to the Lesser Antilles. It is found in Sombrero, Anguilla, Saba, Sint Eustatius, Saint-Martin, Saint-Barthélemy, Antigua, Barbuda, Guadeloupe and Martinique
References
[edit]- ^ "Genus Centruroides Marx,1890". Mes Scorpions. 26 October 2005. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
- ^ "Centruroides barbudensis". ZipcodeZoo.com. 4 August 2012. Archived from the original on 8 August 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
- ^ "Centruroides barbudensis". WCH Clinical Toxinology Resources - University of Adelaide (Australia).