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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.
Known as the Los Angeles thread millipede, it is thin and elongate. Like all members of the genus Illacme , I. socal is eyeless, lacks pigmentation, has well-developed sensory structures, and displays other troglomorphic features.
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.
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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]
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. Millipedes feed ...
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.