Centruroides barbudensis is a species of scorpion in the family Buthidae.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Scorpiones |
| Family: | Buthidae |
| Genus: | Centruroides |
| Species: | C. barbudensis
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| Centruroides barbudensis | |
It possesses excitatory neurotoxins that act on sodium and potassium channels. Toxic catecholamine-release can cause adrenergic cardiac effects.[3]
Distribution
editThis 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
edit- ^ "Genus Centruroides Marx,1890". Mes Scorpions. 26 October 2005. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
- ^ "Centruroides barbudensis". ZipcodeZoo.com. 4 August 2012. Archived from the original on 8 August 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
- ^ "Centruroides barbudensis". WCH Clinical Toxinology Resources - University of Adelaide (Australia).
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