Giant African Millipede, (Archispirostreptus gigas), Photo

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Code Number:: OEYV01P02_06
Title:: Giant African Millipede, (Archispirostreptus gigas), Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Spirostreptidae; This whimsical creature is very docile and can curl itself into a spiral if disturbed. They are found worldwide in moist microhabitats. They have four legs for each body segment.
Length: 38.5 centimetres (15.2 in)
Circumference: 67 millimetres (2.6 in)
Legs: 256
Diet: Decaying plant material
Range: eastern Africa
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Spirostreptida
Family: Spirostreptidae
Genus: Archispirostreptus
Species: Archispirostreptus gigas
(Peters, 1855)
Keywords:: Myriapods, Myriapoda, Millipedes, Centipedes, Chilopod, Chilopoda, Invertebrate, Animal, Nature, Natural, Arthropod, exoskeleton, fauna, species, morphology, taxonomic, taxonomy, Life, Metazoa
Image by:: Wernher Krutein

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Code Number:: OEYV01P02_06
Title:: Giant African Millipede, (Archispirostreptus gigas), Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Spirostreptidae; This whimsical creature is very docile and can curl itself into a spiral if disturbed. They are found worldwide in moist microhabitats. They have four legs for each body segment.
Length: 38.5 centimetres (15.2 in)
Circumference: 67 millimetres (2.6 in)
Legs: 256
Diet: Decaying plant material
Range: eastern Africa
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Spirostreptida
Family: Spirostreptidae
Genus: Archispirostreptus
Species: Archispirostreptus gigas
(Peters, 1855)
Keywords:: Myriapods, Myriapoda, Millipedes, Centipedes, Chilopod, Chilopoda, Invertebrate, Animal, Nature, Natural, Arthropod, exoskeleton, fauna, species, morphology, taxonomic, taxonomy, Life, Metazoa
Image by:: Wernher Krutein
: Caption Disclaimer

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