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Centruroides barbudensis

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Centruroides barbudensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Scorpiones
Family: Buthidae
Genus: Centruroides
Species:
C. barbudensis
Binomial name
Centruroides barbudensis
Pocock, 1898[1]

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

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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

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  1. ^ "Genus Centruroides Marx,1890". Mes Scorpions. 26 October 2005. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
  2. ^ "Centruroides barbudensis". ZipcodeZoo.com. 4 August 2012. Archived from the original on 8 August 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
  3. ^ "Centruroides barbudensis". WCH Clinical Toxinology Resources - University of Adelaide (Australia).