''Ommatoiulus avatar'' is a species of European
millipede in the family
Julidae
Julidae is a family of millipedes in the order Julida, containing more than 600 species in around 20 genera. Its members are largely confined to the Western Palaearctic, with only a few species extending into the Oriental and Afrotropical realms ...
. Individuals are known from
Andalusia
Andalusia (, ; es, Andalucía ) is the southernmost Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in Peninsular Spain. It is the most populous and the second-largest autonomous community in the country. It is officially recognised as a ...
, southern Spain. Individuals are long. Color in alcohol preserved specimens is brownish with yellowish and black marbling on the dorsal surface. ''O. avatar'' was described in 2015, with the aid of
X-ray microtomography that produced a three-dimensional digital model, becoming the first millipede described from reference to physical
type specimen
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s as well as virtual models, known as "cybertypes".
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Julida
Millipedes of Europe
Animals described in 2015
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