Cloudbreak Antichiropus Antichiropus nimbus Car, 2019
Fauna Portal species: 11191
Antichiropus nimbus male, gonopod lateral (WAM T144574; Cloudbreak, Western Australia)
Image: Car et al. (2109; fig. 24D)
Fauna Portal Image No. 6481Diagnosis
(after Car 2019): Antichiropus nimbus may easily be separated from other Pilbara species by its distinctive, elaborate second femoral process (fp1) that appears to hug the femorite.
Antichiropus nimbus is currently listed as Priority 1 (P1) species ("poorly-known species - known from few locations, none on conservation lands") in Western Australia.
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(2019): The millipede genus Antichiropus (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Paradoxosomatidae), part 3: species of the Pilbara bioregion of Western Australia. Zootaxa. 4617: 1 - 71