{"id":821,"date":"2012-11-16T13:31:11","date_gmt":"2012-11-16T13:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/biology\/?p=821"},"modified":"2023-09-26T13:48:49","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T13:48:49","slug":"dr-shear-studies-worlds-leggiest-animal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/biology\/2012\/11\/16\/dr-shear-studies-worlds-leggiest-animal\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Shear studies “world’s leggiest animal”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Collaborating with two colleagues, Dr. Paul Marek of the University of Arizona and Dr. Jason Bond of Auburn University, Dr. Shear has published a paper on the biology of Illacme plenipes, a millipede that has the most legs of any known animal–over 770! The species is known only from a very small area in California. The paper includes anatomical details studied with electron microscopy, DNA barcoding, behavior, and environmental simulation, all modern techniques in today’s systematic biology.<\/p>\n

Here are some websites with news stories about the work:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/news.discovery.com\/animals\/leggy-millipede-121114.html
\n> http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/mg19025555.600-worlds-leggiest-animal-redi
\n> scovered.html<\/p>\n

(http:\/\/www.livescience.com\/24765-750-leg-millipede-leggiest-animal.html)
\n> Casey (http:\/\/news.discovery.com\/animals\/leggy-millipede-121114.html).
\n> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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