#4935 · 🪼 jellyfish, starfish, worms & co
Rhinotus purpureus
Rhinotus purpureus
🪼 Jellyfish, starfish, worms & co 📍 in the Netherlands
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Thomas Shahan · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Thomas Shahan · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Mikie Green · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Leif Moritz · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Leif Moritz · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © Even Dankowicz · CC BY 4.0
- 7. © Joshua Sands · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. © Aidan Marshall · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. © Ben Machado · CC BY 4.0
- 10. © Even Dankowicz · CC BY 4.0
what is it?
Rhinotus purpureus is a species of millipede in the family Siphonotidae. It is found in the Caribbean, Central America, North America, and South America.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 8 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 555 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
fact sheet
- scientific name
- Rhinotus purpureus
- class
- Diplopoda
- order
- Polyzoniida
- family
- Siphonotidae
- sightings in NL
- 8
- sightings in Europe
- 23
- sightings worldwide
- 555
- GBIF records in NL
- 9
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 308348, Wikidata Q6451812, GBIF 4987537, Wikipedia (EN). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.