Lophoturus madecassus is a species of bristle millipede in the family Lophoproctidae.[1][2][3][4] Adults in this species, unlike those in all other species in this family, have only 11 pairs of legs rather than the typical 13 pairs of legs.[5]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Diplopoda |
| Order: | Polyxenida |
| Family: | Lophoproctidae |
| Genus: | Lophoturus |
| Species: | L. madecassus
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| Binomial name | |
| Lophoturus madecassus (Marquet & Condé, 1950)
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References edit
- ^ "Lophoturus madecassus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "Lophoturus madecassus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "Lophoturus madecassus species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ Shelley, R. M. "The myriapods, the world's leggiest animals". University of Tennessee. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
- ^ Enghoff, Henrik; Golovatch, Sergei; Short, Megan; Stoev, Pavel; Wesener, Thomas (2015-01-01). "Diplopoda — taxonomic overview". Treatise on Zoology - Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. The Myriapoda, Volume 2: 363–453. doi:10.1163/9789004188273_017.
Further reading edit
- 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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