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Description: A female Illacme plenipes (an inch-long millipede from California) with 618 legs. Other specimens of this species have 750 legs, despite their small size.
Title: Female Illacme plenipes (MIL0020) with 618 legs - ZooKeys-241-077-SP-6-left
Credit: Marek, P.; Shear, W.; Bond, J. (2012). "A redescription of the leggiest animal, the millipede Illacme plenipes, with notes on its natural history and biogeography (Diplopoda, Siphonophorida, Siphonorhinidae)". ZooKeys 241: 77. doi:10.3897/zookeys.241.3831.
Author: Marek, P.; Shear, W.; Bond, J. (2012)
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