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Narceus americanus is a large millipede of eastern North America. Common names include American giant millipede, [1] worm millipede, and iron worm. [2] It inhabits the eastern seaboard of North America west to Georgetown, Texas, north of the Ottine wetlands. [3] It has a nearly cylindrical gray body, reaching a length of 4 inches (100 mm). [4]
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Illacme plenipes is a siphonorhinid millipede found in the central region of the U.S. state of California.It has up to 750 legs. One of three known species in the genus Illacme, it was first seen in 1926, but was not rediscovered until 2005, almost 80 years after its discovery, by Paul Marek, then a Ph.D. student at East Carolina University.
Pleuroloma flavipes, commonly known as the traveling cherry millipede, [1] is a species of flat-backed millipede in the family Xystodesmidae. [2] It has the widest distribution of any species of xystodesmid millipede and is found in eastern North America from southeastern North Dakota, eastward to Connecticut, and southward to North Carolina, northern Louisiana, and southern Texas. [3]
The anatomical structures at play during this process are interestingly specific to the greenhouse millipede. When the female millipede is 6-7 months of age, she will reach physical maturity and will be ready to mate. Male millipedes utilize the "lock and key" method of fertilization. During this process, the males have specialized legs that ...
Illacme is a genus of millipedes in the family Siphonorhinidae. It includes three species. It includes three species. Illacme plenipes was first described in 1928 from San Benito County , California, and rediscovered in 2005.
Chicobolus spinigerus, commonly known as the ivory millipede or Florida ivory millipede, [2] is a millipede species native to the southeastern United States, occurring throughout the Florida Peninsula and Panhandle, as well as southern Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina.
The Dragon Ball orange bullet millipede, Hyleoglomeris dracosphaera, was described as a new species along with five others in a new study published April 26 in the journal Contributions to Zoology.