Remipede Facts: the Swimming Centipede 🐛 Animal Fact Files

Remipedes are also known as the swimming centipede even though they aren't at all related to centipedes! Remipedes are actually crustaceans. Learn more remipede facts on this episode of Animal Fact Files!

Scientific Name: Class - Remipedia
Range: disjointed global range including Central and South America, the Canary Islands, and Australia
Habitat: saltwater caves
Size: less than 2 inches (5 cm) long
Diet: detritus and crustaceans
Threats: climate crisis may change their habitat too much
Lifespan: unknown

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Remipede "Swimming Centipede" 0:00
Remipede CAVE DWELLER 0:41
Remipede CRUSTACEAN 1:29
Remipede APPEARANCE 2:31
Remipede LIFE CYCLE 3:20
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Image and Video Credits:
Christine Loew - https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/94879362 ; https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/45238834 ; https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/40661736 ; https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/40661777 ; https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/40661919 ; https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/40587448
Phylogeny Figures - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nectiopoda_morphology.jpg
Joris van der Ham - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Speleonectes_tanumekes.png
Ivanenko VN et al - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Speleonectes_tulumensis_(10.7717-peerj.2305)_Figure_1_(cropped).png
Neiber MT et al - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Distribution_of_Remipedia..png
Bioinspiration Lab - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0JY_4err6U
AF Jclassico - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2149RbV9wbc
Gonzalo Mucientes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FjIqOXSuhc
Alvaro Migotto - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0v7e509H_Q

Research Credits:
https://itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=609933#null
https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/arthropoda/crustacea/remipedia.html
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3879455
https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/risking-life-and-limb-for-venom.html
https://www.marinespecies.org/remipedia
https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/taxa/inverts/arthropoda/remipedia.php
https://books.google.com/books?id=azGPDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA56
https://books.google.com/books?id=7d8wDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT23
https://books.google.com/books?id=478TEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA533
https://books.google.com/books?id=tCBzDgAAQBAJ&pg=PT65
https://books.google.com/books?id=LalmQ4346O0C&pg=PA180
https://books.google.com/books?id=xD-zDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA26
https://books.google.com/books?id=Z2tEEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA730
https://books.google.com/books?id=0aLWAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA176
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2022.1029027/full

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