Srilankametrus gravimanus
| Srilankametrus gravimanus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Scorpiones |
| Family: | Scorpionidae |
| Genus: | Srilankametrus |
| Species: | S. gravimanus
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| Binomial name | |
| Srilankametrus gravimanus (Pocock, 1894)
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Srilankametrus gravimanus is a species of scorpion belonging to the family Scorpionidae. It is native to India and Sri Lanka.[1]
Description
The species has a total length of about 75 to 110 mm.[2][3]
During the hemolytic and enzymic investigations of the crude venom, both direct and indirect (phospholipase A) hemolysins were identified from the species.[4]
References
- ^ "Scorpionidae". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-13.
- ^ Kovařík, František (2015-12-10). "A review of the genus Heterometrus Ehrenberg, 1828, with descriptions of seven new species (Scorpiones, Scorpionidae)". Euscorpius. 2004 (15): 1–60. doi:10.18590/euscorpius.2004.vol2004.iss15.1. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
- ^ Charles University; Kovařík, František; Lowe, Graeme; Monell Chemical Senses Center; Ranawana, Kithsiri B.; University of Peradeniya; Hoferek, David; Jayarathne, V. A. Sanjeewa; University of Peradeniya (2016). "Scorpions of Sri Lanka (Scorpiones: Buthidae, Chaerilidae, Scorpionidae) with description of four new species of the genera Charmus Karsch, 1879 and Reddyanus Vachon, 1972, stat. n". Euscorpius. 2016 (220): 1–133. doi:10.18590/euscorpius.2016.vol2016.iss220.1. Retrieved 2021-08-29.
- ^ Fujimoto, Yukio; Kaku, Tenmin (1982). "Isolation and some properties of the hemolysins from the crude venom extract of scorpion telson, Heterometrus Gravimanus". Journal of Pharmacobio-Dynamics. 5 (2): 63–72. doi:10.1248/bpb1978.5.63. PMID 7097478. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
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