Strigamia crassipes is a centipede belonging to the family Linotaeniidae in the order Geophilomorpha.

[3] Strigamia crassipes is red in colour and has a prominent tooth at the base of the poison claw.

[4] The specific name crassipes is Latin for "thick leg.

"[5] This centipede produces a bioluminescent substance in its sternal glands and secretes it through the sternal pore fields; it is yellow or blue in colour.

[6] Strigamia crassipes lives in woodland habitats in Ireland, southern England and Wales, and elsewhere in Europe.