Ommatoiulus moreleti
Portuguese Millipede at Higgins, ACT
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| Ommatoiulus moreleti | MichaelBedingfield | 10 Aug 2017 | |
| Ommatoiulus moreleti | MichaelBedingfield | 10 Aug 2017 | |
| Unverified | AlisonMilton | 8 Aug 2017 |
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1 comment
10 Aug 2017
A note from Bob Mesibov:
The picture isn't 100% clear but I think I can see a pointy "tail". That would make it the introduced Portugese millipede, Ommatoiulus moreleti. None of the native SE Australian "juliform" millipedes have pointed, projecting "tails".
See
https://www.polydesmida.info/tasmanianmultipedes/milli-jul-key.html
and
https://www.polydesmida.info/millipedesofaustralia/key2orders.html
The picture isn't 100% clear but I think I can see a pointy "tail". That would make it the introduced Portugese millipede, Ommatoiulus moreleti. None of the native SE Australian "juliform" millipedes have pointed, projecting "tails".
See
https://www.polydesmida.info/tasmanianmultipedes/milli-jul-key.html
and
https://www.polydesmida.info/millipedesofaustralia/key2orders.html
Location information
- Coordinates 149.026982-35.240263
- Altitude 615.3m
- Places Higgins, ACT
Sighting information
- 3 Abundance
- 8 Aug 2017 01:57 PM Recorded on
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
Collections
- AlisonMilton Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Ommatoiulus moreleti Millipedes (Diplopoda) Other Arthropods
Species information
- Ommatoiulus moreleti Scientific name
- Portuguese Millipede Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 985.98m Recorded at altitude
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