Hormurus polisorum, also known as the Christmas Island cave scorpion, is a species of troglobitic scorpion in the Hormuridae family. It is endemic to Australia’s Christmas Island in the eastern 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]

Hormurus polisorum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Humphreys, WE; Eberhard, Stefan (2001). "Subterranean Fauna of Christmas Island, Indian Ocean" (PDF). Helictite. 37 (2): 59–74. Retrieved 6 February 2023.