- Illacme plenipes
Taxobox
name = "Illacme plenipes"
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
subphylum =Myriapoda
classis = Diplopoda
ordo =Siphonophorida
familia =Siphonophoridae
genus = "Illacme"
species = "I. plenipes"
binomial = "Illacme plenipes"
binomial_authority = Cook & Loomis, 1928"Illacme plenipes" is a
millipede found in the central region of theU.S. state ofCalifornia . Although no millipede has one thousand legs, "Illacme plenipes" comes the closest with one recorded specimen having 750 legs. On average they have over 600 legs, twice the average for millipede species.The species was first discovered in
San Benito County , part of theCalifornia Floristic Province , in 1926 by a government scientist [cite journal | quotes=no |author=Cook & Loomis |year=1928 |title=Millipedes of the order Colobognatha, with descriptions of six new genera and type species, from Arizona and California |journal=Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. |volume=72 |pages=1–26, f. 1–6, pls. 1–2] . However, the species was not seen again until it was rediscovered almost eighty years later, in November 2005, by Paul Marek, a Ph.D. student atEast Carolina University , as he was conducting research on millipede systematics and evolution in San Benito County [ [http://core.ecu.edu/biol/bondja/news.html The Bond Lab, News and Events] , East Carolina University, "Accessed June 7, 2006"] . Marek published his discovery in the journal "Nature" [Paul E. Marek and Jason E. Bond, "Biodiversity hotspots: Rediscovery of the world's leggiest animal", "Nature", June 8, 2006] .References
External links
* [http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2006/06/08/millipede_ani.html?category=animals "Rare Millipede Found in California"] by Alicia Chang, "
Associated Press ", at "Discovery News"
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