1306 legs! Millipedes worthy of the name were discovered for the first time-瞭新社

1306 legs! Millipedes worthy of the name were discovered for the first time

2021-12-20

According to a biological paper published in the scientific report of Natural Science Research on the 16th, the team of American scientists reported that the world's first horse land (millipede) with more than 1000 legs was found. No known horse land had more than 750 legs. Malu, also known as millipede and millipede, belongs to Arthropoda and polypoda. There are about 10000 species of Malu in the world, with a general body length of about 20 to 35 mm. Although it is called "thousand feet", there was no "thousand feet" of 1000 feet before. This time, in the gold mining province of eastern Australia, Paul Malik, a scientist at the Virginia Institute of technology and State University in the United States, and his colleagues found this Malu 60 meters underground in a mineral survey borehole. It has 1306 legs - more than any other animal, and the new species is named "eumillipes Persephone". The name consists of the Greek words EU - (true), the Latin words mile (thousand) and PES (foot), and quotes the name of the Greek goddess of the underground world Persephone (also translated as Persephone). The research team measured four individuals of the new species and found that they have long linear bodies composed of up to 330 somites, up to 0.95mm wide and 95.7mm long. They have no eyes, short legs, a conical head with antennae and beaks. Scientists analyzed the phylogenetic relationship of the species and found that "E. Persephone" was far related to the most abundant recorded organisms (the Malu species "illacme plenipes" in California). The research team believes that both species have evolved a large number of body segments and legs, enabling them to generate thrust and pass through narrow openings in the soil environment in which they live. These findings highlight the biodiversity of the eastern gold province. In order to minimize the impact of mining in this area on the millipede "E. Persephone", the researchers suggest that action should be taken to protect its underground habitat. (Xinhua News Agency)

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Source：Science and Technology Daily

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