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Crurifarcimen
''Crurifarcimen'' is a monotypic genus of millipedes containing the single species ''Crurifarcimen vagans''. Its common name is wandering leg sausage.Top 10 New Species - 2012: ''Crurifarcimen vagans''. International Institute for Species Exploration. Arizona State University. This millipede is to , where it is known only from the . It was formally described in 2011 and placed in a newly erected genus of its own. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spirobolida
Spirobolida is an order of "round-backed" millipedes containing approximately 500 species in 12 families. Its members are distinguished by the presence of a "pronounced suture that runs "vertically down the front of the head". Most of the species live in the tropics, and many are brightly coloured. Mature males have two pairs of modified legs, the gonopods, consisting of the 8th and 9th leg pair: the posterior gonopods are used in sperm-transfer while the anterior gonopods are fused into a single plate-like structure. The families are divided into two suborders: Suborder Spirobolidea * Allopocockiidae * Atopetholidae *Floridobolidae * Hoffmanobolidae * Messicobolidae * Pseudospirobolellidae * Rhinocricidae * Spirobolellidae *Spirobolidae * Typhlobolellidae Suborder Trigoniulidea * Pachybolidae * Trigoniulidae Select species *''Narceus americanus ''Narceus americanus'' is a large millipede of eastern North America. Common names include American giant millipede, worm milli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Institute For Species Exploration
The International Institute for Species Exploration (IISE) is a research institute located in Syracuse, New York. Its mission is to improve taxonomical exploration and the cataloging of new species of flora and fauna. Since 2008, IISE has published a yearly "Top 10" of the most unusual or unique biota newly identified in the previous year, with the aim of drawing attention to the work done in taxonomy across the world over the previous year. In 2011, the institute contributed towards the estimate that Earth was home to approximately 8.7 million species. Overview The International Institute for Species Exploration (IISE) is a research facility dedicated to cataloging the Earth's species across all biological kingdoms. IISE cites three reasons why an improved taxonomic understanding of life is important: without knowing what exists today, humans will be unable to tell when species go extinct; the diversity of life driven by billions of years of natural selection means nature lik ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pachybolidae
Pachybolidae, is a family of Round-backed millipedes of the order Spirobolida. The family includes 49 different genera. Two subfamilies recognized. Subfamilies *'' Pachybolinae'' *'' Spiromiminae'' Genera *'' Alluviobolus'' *'' Aphistogoniulus'' *''? Atlanticobolus'' *'' Atopochetus'' *'' Aulacobolus'' *'' Brachyspirobolus'' *''? Bukobolus'' *''? Callipodolus'' *'' Caprobolus'' *'' Centrobolus'' *'' Colossobolus'' *'' Corallobolus'' *'' Crurifarcimen'' *''? Dactylobolus'' *'' Dekanbolus'' *''? Diaphoropus'' *'' Dichromatobolus'' *'' Epibolus'' *'' Epitrigoniulus'' *'' Erythroprosopon'' *'' Eucentrobolus'' *'' Flagellobolus'' *'' Gabolus'' *'' Granitobolus'' *'' Hadrobolus'' *''Hyperbolus Hyperbolus ( grc-gre, Ὑπέρβολος, ''Hyperbolos''; died 411 BC) was an Athenian politician active during the first half of the Peloponnesian war, coming to particular prominence after the death of Cleon. In 416 or 415 he was the last Ath ...'' *'' Komphobolus'' *'' Litostrophus'' * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archispirostreptus Gigas
''Archispirostreptus gigas'', known as the giant African millipede or shongololo, is the largest extant species of millipede, growing up to in length, in circumference. It has approximately 256 legs, although the number of legs changes with each molting so it can vary according to each individual. It is a widespread species in lowland parts of East Africa, from Mozambique to Kenya, but rarely reaches altitudes above . It lives mostly in forests, but can also be found in areas of coastal habitat that contain at least a few trees. It is native to Southern Arabia, especially Dhofar. In general, giant millipedes have a life expectancy of about 7–10 years. Giant millipedes have two main modes of defence if they feel threatened: curling into a tight spiral exposing only the hard exoskeleton, and secretion of an irritating liquid from pores on their body. This liquid can be harmful if introduced into the eyes or mouth. Because of this defense, ''A. gigas'' is one of the few inverteb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Millipedes Of Africa
Millipedes are a group of arthropods that are characterised by having two pairs of jointed legs on most body segments; they are known scientifically as the class Diplopoda, the name derived from this feature. Each double-legged segment is a result of two single segments fused together. Most millipedes have very elongated cylindrical or flattened bodies with more than 20 segments, while pill millipedes are shorter and can roll into a tight ball. Although the name "millipede" derives from the Latin for "thousand feet", no species was known to have 1,000 or more until the discovery of ''Eumillipes persephone'', which can have over 1,300 legs. There are approximately 12,000 named species classified into 16 orders and around 140 families, making Diplopoda the largest class of myriapods, an arthropod group which also includes centipedes and other multi-legged creatures. Most millipedes are slow-moving detritivores, eating decaying leaves and other dead plant matter. Some eat fungi or d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spongiforma Squarepantsii
''Spongiforma squarepantsii'' is a species of fungus in the family Boletaceae, genus '' Spongiforma''. Found in Malaysia, it was described as new to science in 2011. It produces sponge-like, rubbery orange fruit bodies that have a fruity or musky odour. The fruit bodies reach dimensions of wide by tall. Like a sponge, they will resume their original shape if water is squeezed out. The spores, produced on the surfaces of the hollows of the sponge, are almond-shaped with rough surfaces, and measure 1012.5 μm by 67 μm. The name of the fungus is derived from the Nickelodeon cartoon character SpongeBob SquarePants from the show of the same name. ''S. squarepantsii'' is one of two species in ''Spongiforma''; it differs from '' S. thailandica'' in its color, odour, and spore structure. Taxonomy and classification The species was first described scientifically online in May 2011 in the journal ''Mycologia'', authored by American mycologists Dennis E. Desjardin, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halicephalobus Mephisto
''Halicephalobus mephisto'' is a species of nematode, among a number of other roundworms, discovered by geoscientists Gaetan Borgonie and Tullis Onstott in 2011. It was detected in ore recovered from deep rock fracture water in several gold mines in South Africa , , and under the surface of the Earth. Onstott said that "it scared the life out of me when I first saw them moving", and explained that "they look like black little swirly things". The finding is significant because no other multicellular organism had ever been detected farther than below the Earth's surface. ''Halicephalobus mephisto'' is resistant to a temperature as high as 37 °C (higher than most terrestrial nematodes can tolerate), it reproduces asexually, and feeds on subterranean bacteria. According to radiocarbon dating, these worms live in groundwater that is 3,000–12,000 years old. The worms are also able to survive in waters with extremely low levels of oxygen, lower than one percent of the level of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamoya Ohboya
''Tamoya ohboya'', also known as the Bonaire banded box jellyfish, is a species of box jellyfish formally described in 2011. ''Tamoya ohboya'' was discovered by a biologist and educator, William Gillan. In order to name the newly discovered species, Coalition on the Public Understanding of Science organized an online competition, which was won by the high school marine biology teacher Lisa Peck, who explained her winning entry saying: "I bet ‘Oh Boy’ is the first thing said when a biologist or layman encounters the Bonaire Banded Box Jellyfish." It is the first species of the genus '' Tamoya'' to be discovered in over 100 years. The International Institute for Species Exploration included it in a list of Top Ten New Species in 2011. The species was discovered in the waters of the Dutch Caribbean islands (then part of the Netherlands Antilles). There have been roughly 70 confirmed sightings since 1989, approximately 45 of which took place in the waters of Bonaire and the res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhinopithecus Strykeri
The Myanmar snub-nosed monkey or Burmese snub-nosed monkey or black snub-nosed monkey (''Rhinopithecus strykeri'') is a critically endangered species of colobine monkey discovered in 2010 in northern Burma (Myanmar). It was formally described as a novel species of primate in 2011 based on its fur, beard and tail. Two groups of the species were discovered in China in 2011 and 2015, respectively. The species is known in local dialects of Lisu people as ''mey nwoah'' and Law Waw people as ''myuk na tok te'', both of which mean "monkey with an upturned face". Rain allegedly causes it to sneeze due to the short upturned nasal flesh around its nostrils. People from the area report that it sits with its head directed downwards, hiding its face between its knees when it rains. Discovery and taxonomy The Myanmar snub-nosed monkey was first discovered in 2010 from Gaoligong Mountains of northeastern Kachin state in Myanmar. The species came to the attention of a team of scientist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
