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Code Number:    OEYV01P04_04

Title: Giant African Millipede, Archispirostreptus gigas, Myriapoda, Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Spirostreptidae

Notes: This whimsical creature is very docile and can curl itself into a spiral if disturbed.

Length: 38.5 centimetres (15.2 in)
Circumference: 67 millimetres (2.6 in)
Legs: 256
Diet: Decaying plant material
Range: eastern Africa

Kingdom: s:"Animalia"
Phylum: s:"Arthropoda"
Subphylum: s:"Myriapoda"
Class: s:"Diplopoda"
Order: s:"Spirostreptida"
Family: s:"Spirostreptidae"
Genus: s:"Archispirostreptus"
Species: s:"Archispirostreptus gigas"

(Peters, 1855)

Myriapods, Millipedes, Centipedes, Chilopod, Chilopoda, Invertebrate, Animal, Nature, Natural, Arthropod, exoskeleton, fauna, species, morphology, taxonomic, taxonomy, Life, Metazoa

Photographer: Wernher Krutein


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