It really is a millipede!

Other millipedes known to date have far fewer legs than their name suggests, and many species have fewer than 100 legs. Until now, the record holder was a species with the Latin name Illacme plenipes, which lives deep in the soil and has up to 750 legs.

Paul Marek, an entomologist at Virginia Tech, points out that the word millipede has been both confusing and misleading. The newly discovered millipede has... approximately 1,300 legs...