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Brachydesmus superus, also known as the flat millipede, [2] [3] is a species of millipede in the family Polydesmidae. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] This millipede is common throughout Europe and has been spread widely elsewhere by humans through commerce.
Neocambrisoma raveni is a species of millipede in the family Metopidiotrichidae. [1] These millipedes are found in New South Wales in Australia. [2] Like other species in this family, N. raveni features 32 segments (counting the collum as the first segment and the telson as the last) in adults of both sexes, rather than the 30 segments usually observed in adults in the order Chordeumatida.
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]
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 ...
Analocostreptus gregorius, previously called Spirostreptus gregorius and sometimes called African olive millipede is a millipede of the family Spirostreptidae. The species was first described by Carl Attems in his 1914 Afrikanische Spirostreptiden: nebst Ueberblick über die Spirostreptiden orbis terrarum Attems, C. M. T. Graf von.
It joins other millipedes found in the state, including one that until recently held the crown for the most legs of any creature ever recorded — a whopping 750 limbs.
An intriguing arthropod ancestor. The 3D scans revealed two nearly complete specimens of Arthropleura that lived 300 million years ago. Both fossilized animals still had most of their legs, and ...
Polyxenida is an order of millipedes readily distinguished by a unique body plan consisting of a soft, non-calcified body ornamented with tufts of bristles. These features have inspired the common names bristly millipedes or pincushion millipedes.