Centipede discovered in caves 1,000 meters belowground

New-to-science arthropod named for Hades

Geophilus hadesi centipede

UNDERWORLD  This male Geophilus hadesi centipede was found over 1,000 meters belowground in a cave in Croatia. G. hadesi is the deepest-dwelling centipede yet discovered. 

P. Stoev et al/ZooKeys 2015 (CC BY 4.0)

A newly discovered centipede species takes extreme living to new depths.