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. 2012 Nov 14;(241):77–112. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.241.3831

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Paul E. Marek, William A. Shear, Jason E. Bond

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Figure 30. — Sandstone microhabitat of Illacme plenipes.Top left, 50 kg sandstone from 29.xi.2005 rediscovery locality of Illacme plenipes; one ♀ with 666 legs was discovered from beneath the stone (scale bar = 5 cm, hand shovel shown for scale). Bottom left, 30 kg sandstone from the 16.xii.2007 locality, two ♀ (specimen #s: SPC001187, MIL0020) were discovered below the stone (scale bar = 5 cm, 15 cm ruler shown for scale). Top right, surface close up of sandstone from 16.xii.2007 locality with ♂ Illacme plenipes, not collected (scale bar = 5 mm). Bottom right, surface close up of sandstone from 29.xi.2005 locality with ♂ Illacme plenipes (specimen #: SPC000924, scale bar = 5 mm). Millipedes shown in right two pictures were found clinging to the surface of the stone.