Likin' the lichen

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  Mjb30

• Jan 31, 2018

I know very little about this genus, looks fascinating.
Do the pair of legs per segment develop as one fused entity? Just googled a close up and it appeared that way. That was what confused me so much to begin with!

 

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  Fisher

• Jan 31, 2018

@Mjb30 nope, the legs aren't fused, still two per segment. The projections on the side of each segment ar just that; the legs are underneath!

Here's a picture of one flipped over (source: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/1788506002)

 

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  Mjb30

• Jan 31, 2018

@Fisher How about that?! Thanks for posting that. Obviously when I saw the pic where they looked fused it was highlights/shadows from underneath. They are great looking milis!

 

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  Fisher

• Jan 31, 2018

@Mjb30 No worries! I can see why people would think that, haha. also thank you!