Millipede
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Millipedes are a group of arthropods that are characterised by having two pairs of jointed legs on most body segments; they are known scientifically as the class Diplopoda, the name derived from this
Millipede collage
Octoglena sierra (Colobognatha, Polyzoniida)
Anadenobolus monilicornis (Juliformia, Spirobolida)
Harpaphe haydeniana (Polydesmida)
Eumillipes
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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
Millipede
…ball. Although the name "millipede" derives from Latin for "thousand feet", no species was known to have 1,000 or more until the discovery in 2020 of Eumillipes persephone, which can have over 1,300 legs. There are approximately 12,000 named species classified into 16 orders and around 140 families, making Diplopoda the…
The leggiest animal on the planet, Eumillipes persephone, from Australia—female individual with 1,306 legs
Head of E. persephone
E. persephone, male, with 818 legs
Head of I. plenipes