The “Katipede” - a millipede discovered by a community college student
You don’t have to go to some fancy school or have a fancy degree to discover a new species.
Kate Edwards, an 18 year old student at Berkshire Community College, recently discovered a new species of millipede while on a field trip to Costa Rica. The Berkshire Eagle has the full story at BCC student spots new species
The new millipede species doesn’t have an official name yet so it’s been nicknamed the “katipede” after the discoverer.
Did You Know:Millipedes are also known as diplopods. They can sometimes be confused with their cousins, the centipedes. There’s an easy way to tell the difference though. Millipedes have two sets of legs for each body segment whereas
centipedes just have one set of legs for each body segment.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
on March 19th, 2007 at 9:27 am
nice nickname for that catterpillar/centipede. the Katipede is a nice looking animal