Biology:Illacme
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Short description: Genus of millipedes
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| A female Illacme plenipes with 618 legs | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Diplopoda |
| Order: | Siphonophorida |
| Family: | Siphonorhinidae |
| Genus: | Illacme Cook & Loomis, 1928 |
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Illacme is a genus of millipedes in the family Siphonorhinidae. It includes three species. Illacme plenipes was first described in 1928 from San Benito County, California, and rediscovered in 2005. In 2016, Illacme tobini was described based on a single male specimen collected in 2006 from Lange Cave, in Sequoia National Park, 240 km (150 mi) east of the known habitat for I. plenipes.[1] In 2018, Illacme socal was discovered in Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park. [2]
Illacme are detritovores and break down dead plant matter before eventually returning it to the soil.
References
- ↑ Marek, Krejca & Shear 2016, p. 4.
- ↑ Corinne Purtill (2023-07-13). "Meet the 486-legged creature found in an L.A. area park" (in en-US). https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2023-07-13/new-millipede-species-discovered-in-los-angeles-county.
Sources
- Marek, Paul E.; Krejca, Jean K.; Shear, William A. (October 20, 2016). "A new species of Illacme Cook & Loomis, 1928 from Sequoia National Park, California, with a world catalog of the Siphonorhinidae (Diplopoda, Siphonophorida)" (in en). ZooKeys 626: 1–43. doi:10.3897/zookeys.626.9681. PMID 27833431. PMC 5096369. https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/9681/.
- Shelley, R. M. (December 1, 1996). "A description of Siphonophora portoricensis Brandt (Diplopoda: Siphonophorida: Siphonophoridae), with a Catalogue of Ordinal Representatives in the New World". Journal of Natural History 30 (12): 1799–1814. doi:10.1080/00222939600771051.
Wikidata ☰ Q18520129 entry
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