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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.
Video of a female I. socal millipede that was filmed in the laboratory, and within the soil from its microhabitat. Cedric Lee, who first discovered I. socal and Paul Marek, diplopodologist and expert on siphonorhinid millipedes, discuss its discovery and taxonomic species description on the New Species Podcast.
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.
Discovered in 1926 in a small area in Northern California, it was believed to be the leggiest creature on earth until 2021 when a millipede with 1,306 legs was found in Australia.
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]
Flat millipede found in the Mount Cameroon Forest. Millipedes appear in folklore and traditional medicine around the world. Some cultures associate millipede activity with coming rains. [97] In Zambia, smashed millipede pulp is used to treat wounds, and the Bafia people of Cameroon use millipede juice to treat earache. [97]
Agenodesmus reticulatus is a species of millipede in the family Fuhrmannodesmidae, [1] which some authorities consider a junior synonym of Trichopolydesmidae. [2] [3] [4] This millipede is among the very few species in the order Polydesmida to feature adults with only 18 segments (including the telson) rather than the 20 segments usually found in this order. [5]
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