Illacme tobini

Illacme tobini is a species of millipede in the family Siphonorhinidae.[1][2] It was discovered in California at Sequoia National Park in 2016. [3] This millipede is part of the Illacme genus, which contains only two other species, Illacme plenipes and Illacme socal.[3]

Illacme tobini
Illacme tobini
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Siphonophorida
Family: Siphonorhinidae
Genus: Illacme
Species:
I. tobini
Binomial name
Illacme tobini
Marek, Shear & Krejca, 2016

References

  1. "Illacme tobini". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
  2. Shelley, R. M. "The myriapods, the world's leggiest animals". University of Tennessee. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  3. 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)". ZooKeys (626): 1–43. doi:10.3897/zookeys.626.9681. PMC 5096369. PMID 27833431.

Further reading

  • Hoffman, Richard L. (1999). Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publications. Vol. 8. ISBN 9781884549120.


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