Eumillipes is a genus of millipede in the family Siphonotidae. This genus contains a single species, Eumillipes persephone, known from the Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia. This millipede can h
The leggiest animal on the planet, Eumillipes persephone, from Australia—female individual with 1,306 legs
E. persephone, male, with 818 legs
A holotype is a single physical example of an organism that is the one that was used when the species was formally described. It may be the only such physical example, or it may have been explicitly d
Eumillipes
…consultants, the biologist Bruno A. Buzatto lowered traps baited with damp leaf litter into drill holes and retrieved eight specimens, including a male holotype, three adult paratypes (two female and one male), and three juveniles. These specimens were collected from three drill holes at depths ranging from 15…
Holotype with red type label affixed
Holotype of Marocaster coronatus, MHNT
Modern holotype label for Encarsia accenta [species]