i5K: Bark scorpion

Bark scorpion (Centruroides sculpturatus)

Bark Scorpion Image source: Wikimedia Commons Links BCM-HGSC data

Contact: Lauren Esposito

Researchers involved: 600
Size (or size of nearest relative): (Mesobuthus 880 MBp)

Keywords (and why important): Novel chemistry, evolutionary branching, potentially lethal toxin.

Provides appropriate phylogenetic sampling across diversity of class Arachnida. Easily obtained from colleagues in SW Arizona.