Choneiulus palmatus (Nemec, 1895)

(Order Julida, family Blaniulidae)

This species has 14-20 prominent setae along the posterior edge of each metazonite. See (Blower 1985) for gonopod illustrations.

C. palmatus is so far known in Tasmania from a few specimens at two sites in the Northwest: a farm at Gunns Plains and a Pinus radiata plantation at Stoodley. Growing to 15 mm in length, C. palmatus is native to Europe and the Tasmanian records are apparently the first for Australia. I am grateful to Helen Read (Farnham Common, UK) and Henrik Enghoff (Zoological Museum, Copenhagen) for identifying this species.

Localities for C. palmatus. Scale bar = 100 km.
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More information:
 
Biology - Blower (1985)