Polydactylogonus gen. nov.

Type species.

Polydactylogonus sanctogwinear sp. nov., by present designation.

Other assigned species.

None.

Diagnosis.

Distinguished from other Australian dalodesmids by the slender gonopod telopodite ending in a fan-like cluster of five branches.

Description.

As for the type species.

Name.

Greek polys (many) + dactylos (finger), plus “-gonus”, an ending for genus names in Polydesmida that refers to gonopod structure, e. g. Tridactylogonus Jeekel, 1982 . In anterior and posterior view the gonopod telopodite seems to end in five “ fingers ” spread apart. Masculine gender.