Visible here is a #Julida #diplopode, a taxon with ca 750 species worldwide. #Diplopods are important decomposers of #deadwood or #leaflitter; their high food requirements and corresponding excrements make them important #humusproducers. Despite the name #millipedes, almost all diplopods have no more than 750 #legs. An exception is #Eumillipes #persephone (Siphonotidae) described by P. E.Mark et al.(2021),with 1,306 legs.
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Ref
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-02447-0

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