Cambridge Museum of Zoology. August 2018

Cambridge Museum of Zoology. August 2018

Seen here: Myriapoda from the Skeat Expedition of 1899 to the Malay Peninsular.
Millipedes are a group of arthropods that are characterised by having two pairs of jointed legs on most body segments; they are known scientifically as the class Diplopoda, the name being derived from this feature. Each double-legged segment is a result of two single segments fused together. Most millipedes have very elongated cylindrical or flattened bodies with more than 20 segments, while pill millipedes are shorter and can roll into a ball. Although the name "millipede" derives from the Latin for "thousand feet", no known species has 1,000; the record of 750 legs belongs to Illacme plenipes. There are approximately 12,000 named species classified into 16 orders and around 140 families, making Diplopoda the largest class of myriapods, an arthropod group which also includes centipedes and other multi-legged creatures.

Museum of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge UK.After being closed for 5 years the newly renovated Museum of Zoology reopened this year to the public and academic researchers, making the museum one of the major Cambridge attractions with more than 75,000 visitors a year. Entry is free but the museum is closed on Mondays.The redevelopment work was part funded by a Heritage Lottery Fund grant of £1.8 million towards a total of the £4.3 million needed. The museum has some of the best collections in the world with specimens from across the entire animal kingdom, from elephants, sloths, reptiles, insects and molluscs.The great naturalists Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace both left much of their work to the museum including the world famous beetle collection that Charles Darwin amassed while studying in Cambridge in the early 19th century.The collection contains more than three million items and thousands are on view to visitors including a skeleton of the extinct Dodo.Perhaps the most impressive new

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Cambridge Museum of Zoology. August 2018<br />
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Seen here: Myriapoda from the Skeat Expedition of 1899 to the Malay Peninsular.<br />
Millipedes are a group of arthropods that are characterised by having two pairs of jointed legs on most body segments; they are known scientifically as the class Diplopoda, the name being derived from this feature. Each double-legged segment is a result of two single segments fused together. Most millipedes have very elongated cylindrical or flattened bodies with more than 20 segments, while pill millipedes are shorter and can roll into a ball. Although the name "millipede" derives from the Latin for "thousand feet", no known species has 1,000; the record of 750 legs belongs to Illacme plenipes. There are approximately 12,000 named species classified into 16 orders and around 140 families, making Diplopoda the largest class of myriapods, an arthropod group which also includes centipedes and other multi-legged creatures.<br />
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Museum of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge UK.After being closed for 5 years the newly renovated Museum of Zoology reopened this year to the public and academic researchers, making the museum one of the major Cambridge attractions with more than 75,000 visitors a year. Entry is free but the museum is closed on Mondays.The redevelopment work was part funded by a Heritage Lottery Fund grant of £1.8 million towards a total of the £4.3 million needed. The museum has some of the best collections in the world with specimens from across the entire animal kingdom, from elephants, sloths, reptiles, insects and molluscs.The great naturalists Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace both left much of their work to the museum including the world famous beetle collection that Charles Darwin amassed while studying in Cambridge in the early 19th century.The collection contains more than three million items and thousands are on view to visitors including a skeleton of the extinct Dodo.Perhaps the most impressive new