Millipede means 'a thousand feet' in Latin. However, until now, the most legs any millipede was known to have was 750 with Illacme plenipes from California.. Via InsideScience.
Marek Et Al/scientific Reports/via ReutersMillipede means"a thousand feet" in Latin. However, until now, the most legs any millipede was known to have was 750 with Illacme plenipes from California.
In 2020, evolutionary biologist Bruno Buzatto at Macquarie University in Sydney and his colleagues discovered the new record-setting millipede 60 meters underground in a 150-millimeter-wide drill hole originally bored for mineral prospecting in southwestern Australia's Goldfields region.
E. persephone possesses an eyeless cone-shaped beaked head with enormous antennae to help it navigate underground. Based on what previous research found on related species, this millipede may stick its beak into fungi to slurp up their innards. Its beak may also help the millipede burrow"because its wedge shape is ideal for probing thin crevices through which it can crawl," Marek said.Despite the outward similarities between E. persephone and I.
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