Strigamia crassipes is a centipede belonging to the family Linotaeniidae in the order Geophilomorpha. Description Strigamia crassipes is red in colour and has a prominent tooth at the base of the poison claw. It is distinguished from S. acuminata by it having 49–53 pairs of legs. Its specific name is Latin for "thick leg." It produces a bioluminescent substance in its sternal glands and secretes it through the sternal pore fields; it is yellow or blue in colour. Habitat Strigamia crassipes lives in woodland habitats in Ireland, southern England and Wales, and elsewhere in Europe. References Myriapods of Europe Animals described in 1835 Geophilomorpha Taxa named by Carl Ludwig Koch