Rowland M. Shelley's Annotated Checklist of the Millipeds of California.
"ABSTRACT.—The milliped fauna of California consists of 11 orders, 24 families, 83 genera, and 226 species and subspecies. A complete listing of these taxa and intergrades is provided, with published and new records from the state and type localities.
Cylindroiulus caeruleocinctus (Wood), C. truncorum (Silvestri), Ophyiulus pilosus (Newport) (all Julida:
Julidae), and Opiona fisheri Gardner and Shelley (Chordeumatida: Caseyidae) are newly recorded from California. The new combination Atopetholus wheeleri (Chamberlin) is proposed."
Shelley says this animal has the record for most legs, and is quite rare. See http://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=3329 and http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/11/121114-leggiest-ani... Más
"Hoffman (1999) thought this species should be regarded as valid until the type specimen, in the Zoologisches Museum der Humboldt-Universität, Berlin, Germany, could be examined. He suggested that... Más