Illacme plenipes
| Illacme plenipes | |
|---|---|
| A female I. plenipes with 618 legs | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Diplopoda |
| Order: | Siphonophorida |
| Family: | Siphonorhinidae |
| Genus: | Illacme |
| Species: | I. plenipes |
| Binomial name | |
| Illacme plenipes | |
| Predicted habitat suitability (maximum in blue) for I. plenipes based on climatic variables | |
Illacme plenipes is a siphonorhinid millipede found in the central region of the U.S. state of California. It has up to 750 legs. One of three known species in the genus Illacme, it was first seen in 1926, but was not rediscovered until 2005, almost 80 years after its discovery, by Paul Marek, then a Ph.D. student at East Carolina University.