Spinotarsus caboverdus

Spinotarsus caboverdus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Subclass: Helminthomorpha
Order: Spirostreptida
Family: Odontopygidae
Genus: Spinotarsus
Species: S. caboverdus
Binomial name
Spinotarsus caboverdus
Pierrard, 1987

Spinotarsus caboverdus, commonly known as "mil-pés" (Portuguese for "thousand-feet") is a species of millipede that is found primarily in Santo Antão, Cape Verde, where a blight of these animals has made the government issue a prohibition on the exportation of many of the island's products to the other islands.[1][2]

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