Millipedes ²

Identification:
Common species have between 36 to 400 legs. A rare species named illacme plenipes has up to 750 legs. There are approximately 12,000 named species. The longest species is the giant African millipede. Millipedes are circular and centipedes are flat.

Energy Role:
Millipedes are decomposers because they eat dead plant matter and decaying leaves. The millipede only eats decaying plant matter.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) blackbear4321, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2. Adapted by blackbear4321 from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplopoda

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• MilliBase

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