The Cryptopidae are a family of scolopendromorph centipedes.

Cryptopids are blind (lacking ocelli) and possess 21 pairs of legs.

[1] The genus Cryptops is the numerically largest in the family, comprising over 150 species worldwide.

[2] The following genera, may be included:[3][4] The genera Plutonium and Theatops Newport, 1844, formerly classified in the cryptopid subfamily Plutoniuminae, are now placed in the recently elevated family Plutoniumidae.

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