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The millipede is one of the oldest recorded terrestrial organisms (Sierwald and Bond in Annu Rev Entomol 52:401–420, 2007, [1]). With approximately 12,000 species currently named, millipedes make up the scientific class Diplopoda. The size and shape of a millipede is quite variable ranging from 2 mm to almost 40 cm (Lewbart ed in Invertebrate medicine. Wiley, 2011, [2]). The major dermatologic condition from millipede exposure is contact dermatitis resulting in a mahogany- colored burn, most often on the hands/forearms and feet (Hendrickson in Clin Toxicol 43(3):211–212, 2005, [3]).
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Shahriari, N., Malik, M., Sloan, B. (2020). Millipede. In: Trevino, J., Chen, AY. (eds) Dermatological Manual of Outdoor Hazards. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-37782-3_12
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