''Lophoturus madecassus'' is a species of

bristle millipede Polyxenida is an Order (biology), order of millipedes readily distinguished by a unique body plan consisting of a soft, non-calcified body ornamented with tufts of bristles. These features have inspired the common names bristly millipedes or p ...

in the family Lophoproctidae. 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.

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