Lophoturus madecassus

Lophoturus madecassus is a species of bristle millipede in the family Lophoproctidae.^[1][2][3][4] Adults in this species, unlike those in all other species in this family, have only 11 pairs of legs rather than the typical 13 pairs of legs.^[5]

Lophoturus madecassus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Diplopoda
Order:	Polyxenida
Family:	Lophoproctidae
Genus:	Lophoturus
Species:	L. madecassus
Binomial name
Lophoturus madecassus (Marquet & Condé, 1950)

Segmentation of Lophoturus madecassus (top) compared to other millipedes of order Polyxenida