The species is 30 millimetres (1.2in) long or more. It is identified by the closely spaced (often fused) teeth on the tibial and tarsal combs of the last legs. It lives under stones, logs and leaf litter. It is found in Great Britain, Ireland, central Europe and Canada.
Life cycle
A 2020 study examining the development of the cephalic capsule and coxopleuron identified ten late post-embryonic stages in C. parisi's life cycle: three pre-adult stages (adolescens I, II, and III) and seven adult stages (one maturus junior stage, four maturus, and two maturus senior stages). There was no sexual dimorphism in these characteristics.
↑Schatzmann, Ernst (1990). "Weighting of habitat types for estimation of habitat overlap – application to a collection of Swiss centipedes". In Minelli, Alessandro (ed.). Proceedings of the 7th International Congress of Myriapodology. BRILL. pp.299–309. ISBN978-90-04-08972-3. p.307: log-limited centipedes (L. tenebrosus), L. piceus and Cryptops parisi
↑Stojanović, Dalibor Z.; Vujić, Vukica D.; Lučić, Luka R.; Tomić, Vladimir T.; Makarov, Slobodan E.; Mitić, Bojan M. (1 July 2020). "Life after the mother's hug: Late post-embryonic development of Cryptops parisi (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha: Cryptopidae)". Arthropod Structure & Development. 57 100948. doi:10.1016/j.asd.2020.100948. PMID32416473. S2CID218670066.