Class PAUROPODA
These are small blind myriapods, generally only about 0.5 – 1.5 mm long with 8 to 11 leg bearing segments in the adult (typically 9 or 10) and short biramous antennae. About 500 species have been described altogether in five families of which 5 species are reported from seashores in Europe. These are not necessarily exclusively littoral; Amphipauropus rhenatus has been recorded from sand dunes near the sea.
The total number of littoral species in world must be much greater but impossible to estimate (? 40+); These are elusive animals and are not often found by standard sampling techniques and in the field may confused at first with Collembola by non-specialists. Possibly there are some as yet undescribed seashore species in collections.
N.B. Allopauropus littoralis & A. stepheni appear to be nomina dubia (Ulf Scheller, pers. comm.)
Allopauropus danicus (Hansen, 1902) Habitat: Littoral zone but also from non-coastal sites. | Scotland; Switzerland; Switzerland; Sri Lanka; Sri Lanka... | = Allopauropus danicus var. rectistylus Remy, 1935 | | = Pauropus danicus Hansen, 1903 (basionym) | | | | Allopauropus littoralis Bagnall, 1935 Habitat: littoral zone | North East Atlantic; United Kingdom | | | Allopauropus milloti Remy, 1954
| Sri Lanka; Sri Lanka; Spain; Italy | = Decapauropus milloti (Remy, 1954) | | | | Allopauropus stepheni Bagnall, 1935 Habitat: on tidal flats | North East Atlantic; United Kingdom | | | Amphipauropus rhenanus (Hüther, 1971) Habitat: Sand dunes near the sea. | Scandinavia; Northern Europe; Northern Europe... | = Allopauropus rhenanus (Hüther, 1971) | | = Cauvetauropus rhenanus Hüther, 1971 (basionym) | | | | Decapauropus kocheri (Remy, 1954)
| Mediterranean Sea | = Allopauropus kocheri Remy, 1952 | | | | Decapauropus remyi (Bagnall, 1935)
| Scotland; Norway | = Allopauropus remyi (Bagnall, 1935) (synonymy) | | = Thalassopauropus remyi Bagnall, 1935 | | = Thalassophilus remyi Bagnall, 1935 | | | | Decapauropus thalassophilus (Remy, 1935) Habitat: Littoral | North East Atlantic; Mediterranean Sea | = Allopauropus thalassophilus Remy, 1935 | | | |
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