Diplopoda Collection

Partial fossil remains of the giant millepede, Arthropleura
Measuring 7.1 cm long, this Carboniferous fossil represents only part of a leg of the giant millepede Arthropleura

Archispirostreptus gigas, African giant black millipede
An African giant black millipede (Archispirostreptus gigas). This species which is native to sub-tropical and tropical regions of western Africa is one of the worlds largest millipedes which can grow

Giant Pill Millipede (Class Diplopoda). lowland rainforest floor in Kinabatangan river floodplain; Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia; June

Giant millipede (unidentified), - on rain-forest floor of lowland rainforest of Kinabatangan river floodplain (Class Diplopoda). Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia; June

Millipede in amber
A Millipede, Myriapoda: Diplopoda preserved in Dominican amber. Specimen dates from the Lower Miocene about 20 million years old

Diplopoda sp. plate millipede
Scanning electron microscope image of a lateral view of the head of a plate millipede. Image displayed on the glass screens in the Darwin Centre, at the Natural History Museum, London

Millipedes are common on the rainforest floor in Sri Lanka. This specimen belongs to the family Julidae

Archispirostreptus spp, giant millipede
All giant millipedes orginate from tropical or sub-tropical environments and may grow up to lengths of 30cm feeding on dead and decaying plant matter

Fossilised millipede (Class Diplopoda)
This fossil is preserved in a siltstone nodule of Carboniferous age from the Yorkshire Coalfield. Length 63mm (unstraightened), length of nodule 76mm

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