Lophoturus madecassus

Lophoturus madecassus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Polyxenida
Family: Lophoproctidae
Genus: Lophoturus
Species:
L. madecassus
Binomial name
Lophoturus madecassus
(Marquet & Condé, 1950)
Segmentation of Lophoturus madecassus (top) compared to other millipedes of order Polyxenida

Lophoturus madecassus is a species of bristle millipede in the family Lophoproctidae.[1][2][3][4] Adults in this species, unlike those in all other species in this family, have only 11 pairs of legs rather than the typical 13 pairs of legs.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Lophoturus madecassus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  2. ^ "Lophoturus madecassus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  3. ^ Shelley, R. M. "The myriapods, the world's leggiest animals". University of Tennessee. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  4. ^ Enghoff, Henrik; Golovatch, Sergei; Short, Megan; Stoev, Pavel; Wesener, Thomas (2015-01-01). "Diplopoda — taxonomic overview". Treatise on Zoology - Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. The Myriapoda, Volume 2: 363–453. doi:10.1163/9789004188273_017.

Further reading

  • Hoffman, Richard L. (1999). Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publications. Vol. 8. ISBN 9781884549120.


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