Dec 16, 2021 · Deep underground in an exploratory drill hole in a mining region of Australia, scientists have discovered a "marvel of evolution," a remarkably elongated blind millipede possessing the most legs...

Feb 20, 2024 · Researchers have discovered the first "true millipede" — an animal that breaks the record for greatest number of legs on any known creature. Eumillipes persephone is a creature unlike any other:...

Dec 16, 2021 · Scientists in Australia have discovered a new species of millipede that lives 200 feet underground, has no eyes, and scurries around on 1,306 legs. They named it Eumillipes persephone after...

This millipede can have as many as 1,306 legs, which makes this species the animal with the most legs on Earth and the first millipede discovered to have 1,000 legs or more. [1] [2]

Dec 16, 2021 · The eyeless, subterranean Eumillipes persephone, discovered 60 metres underground near the south coast of Western Australia, has up to 1,306 legs, making it the first “true millipede” and...

Dec 21, 2021 · Scientists have discovered the first true millipede, an elongated, threadlike creature with a whopping 1,306 legs.

Dec 16, 2021 · We discovered a new record-setting species of millipede with 1,306 legs, Eumillipes persephone, from Western Australia. This diminutive animal (0.95 mm wide, 95.7 mm long) has 330 segments, a cone-shaped head with enormous antennae, and a beak for feeding.

Dec 16, 2021 · The new species has short legs and a cone-shaped head with antennae and a beak. It also has several troglomorphic features: it lacks eyes and pigmentation, and it has a greatly elongated body — features that stand in stark contrast to its closest surface-dwelling relatives in Australia.

Dec 16, 2021 · Scientists have discovered the first millipede that has more than 1,000 legs – 1,306 to be precise – and the most legs of any living creature on Earth. It was found living 60 meters (200 feet)...

Dec 20, 2021 · With the discovery of a new species in Australia, scientists have finally assigned the millipede name to an insect worthy of the title: Meet Eumillipes persephone, a critter with a whooping...