''Neobisium maritimum'' is a species of
pseudoscorpion
Pseudoscorpions, also known as false scorpions or book scorpions, are small, scorpion-like arachnids belonging to the order Pseudoscorpiones, also known as Pseudoscorpionida or Chelonethida.
Pseudoscorpions are generally beneficial to humans sin ...
s in the
Neobisiidae
Neobisiidae is a family of pseudoscorpions distributed throughout Africa, the Americas and Eurasia and consist of 550 species in 32 genera. Some species live in caves while some are surface-dwelling.
Characteristics
The body color ranges from r ...
family.
Description
The species are long. It has two pairs of
eye
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s that are positioned at the front of the
cephalothorax
The cephalothorax, also called prosoma in some groups, is a tagma of various arthropods, comprising the head and the thorax fused together, as distinct from the abdomen behind. (The terms ''prosoma'' and ''opisthosoma'' are equivalent to ''ceph ...
. The colour of it is black, with orange-red claws.
Distribution
Maritime Western Europe.
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Habitat
It can be found in
rock
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Places United Kingdom
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crevices, and under
stone
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s.
References
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Neobisiidae
Animals described in 1817
Arachnids of Europe