An American metropolis known for freeways and traffic has a newly discovered species named in its honor: The Los Angeles Thread Millipede.🐛la millipede kprc2 click2hou
In this undated photo provided by Paul Marek is a Los Angeles Thread Millipede awaiting study at the Marek Lab of Virginia Tech's Department of Entomology in Blacksburg, Va. The tiny arthropod is a new species and was found just beneath the surface by graduate students at a hiking area in Southern California, near a freeway, a Starbucks and an Oakley sunglasses store before reaching Virginia Tech researchers.
Under a microscope, the millipede with its 486 legs and helmet-like head resembles a creature in a Hollywood monster film. It joins other millipedes found in the state, including the world’s leggiest creature on record — aptly named Illacme plenipes, Latin for “in highest fulfillment of feet” with 750 limbs. It was found in 1926 in a small area in Northern California.
iNaturalist, a citizen naturalist app, led Marek to the discovery. Naturalists Cedric Lee and James Bailey posted the critter they found when when they were out collecting slugs at Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park in nearby Orange County four years ago. The team used DNA sequencing and analysis to prove it was indeed a new species.
Scientists estimate 10 million animal species live on Earth, but only one million have been discovered.
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