It’s a well-known fact among entomologists that whoever named the millipede was being a touch dramatic. The name means “thousand-footed,” but no millipede has 1,000 feet. At least, that was true until now.
It’s a well-known fact among entomologists that whoever named the millipede was being a touch dramatic. The name means “thousand-footed,” but no millipede has 1,000 feet.A discovery deep below the surface of Australia has shown that “millipede” isn’t always a misnomer. Researchers found a new species that can have more than 1,300 legs. The finding was published Thursday in Scientific Reports.“This is super exciting for me,” said Paul Marek, an entomologist at Virginia Tech.
“Honestly, when I saw the animals for the first time, I was immediately excited,” Buzatto said. He thought they must be related to a very long millipede from California. That species also lives underground, is cream-colored and eyeless and was the standing record-holder for legs, with up to 750. Because Marek had studied the leggy California millipedes, Buzatto sent him photos of the weird Australian specimens to see what he thought.
The ancestors of this species, like Persephone, must have started life on the surface. At some point in its evolutionary history, the millipede began to move deeper and deeper below ground, perhaps because Australia above was becoming more arid and inhospitable.
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