GB IUCN status: Not applicable (non-native)
This millipede is readily identified by having a projecting telson and a well developed projecting ventral scale (otherwise only seen in C. pyrenaicus and Enantiulus armatus, the latter having a noticeably 'hairy' body).
A brief description, with figures, is given by Barber & Read (2016).
Discovered at Ventnor Botanic Gardens, Isle of Wight, in 2015 and at Plymouth, Devon, in 2016 (Barber & Read, 2016).
Subsequently, it has been found at a site in Northern Ireland (Anderson, 2018).
Barber, A.D. & Read, H.J. (2016) Cylindroiulus apenninorum (Brölemann, 1897) (Diplopoda, Julida: Julidae) new for the UK from the Isle of Wight and South Devon. Bulletin of the British Myriapod & Isopod Group 29: 28-33.
Anderson, R. (2018) Cylindroiulus apenninorum (Brölemann, 1897) (Diplopoda: Julidae) found in Ireland. Bulletin of the British Myriapod & Isopod Group 30: 68-70.
MilliBase - Global catalogue of Millipedes: https://millibase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=936042
