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70 Views 3 Replies Last post: Aug 9, 2018 6:32 PM by TM RSS
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Aug 9, 2018 2:09 PM

Giant Millipede cousins

The first is from Brazil and note it's legs are not red (the others I saw had red legs). It is head towards the camera.

 

The second and third are of the same millipede and this one hails from Cambodia. It is longer and much faster and moving left to right in second picture and towards the camera in third.

 

Can you identify either?

How closely related are these two -it's a lot of millipede steps from Brazil to Cambodia, even if a direct walking route were open.

 

GiantMilli.jpg

 

 

 

 

 

CambMillipede1.jpg

 

CambMilli2.jpg

  • jaguarondi Master
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    Aug 9, 2018 5:09 PM (in response to TM)
    Re: Giant Millipede cousins

    Re the Brazil one - you can find some similar pics on Flickr by typing in, say, Brazil millepede into the Search facility. IDs have been suggested for one or two but, rather than copy those suggestions here, I feel it would be best if you looked for yourself.

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    • triops Master
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      Aug 9, 2018 6:22 PM (in response to jaguarondi)
      Re: Giant Millipede cousins

      Noticed you said the first one is "head towards the camera". The pointy bit towards the bottom left of the picture is its tail.

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    • TM Novice
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      Aug 9, 2018 6:32 PM (in response to jaguarondi)
      Re: Giant Millipede cousins

      Thanks Jaguar re Brazil.  Flickr mixes millipede and centipedes but does shows Anadenobolus monilicornis which is the red legged version that seemed to be more common in the part of Brazil I was in. Flickr also leads to Spirostreptida, an order of giant millipedes including more than 1,000 identified species -it's a fair bet the Brazilian is one of these.

       

      Spirostreptida are spread over Africa, Americas, Australia and more. Which addresses my secondary question by implication -they may have each found a (similar) niche and evolved independently to fill it...but starting with a common ancestor presumably prior to the Atlantic Ocean opening up.  Is this likely correct?

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