[2] This pauropod was the first of many species in the genus Decapauropus found to feature females with ten leg pairs.

[4] Although this extra adult stage is rare in warm and moist regions with favorable conditions for survival, females with ten leg pairs are generally more common where the environment is less hospitable.

The fourth and most distal segment features four setae: one cylindrical and tenuous, the other three clavate.

[8] This pauropod is common in Europe, where this species is more frequently found in the north than the south.

In Europe, this species is found in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Great Britain, Spain, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Greece.

This species is also found in Morocco, Algeria, Israel, Madeira, the Canary Islands, Réunion, and the United States.

Males appear to be especially scarce in regions where the environment is less favorable, and the extra adult stage for females with ten leg pairs may be an adaptation to parthenogenetic reproduction.

[4] A study of sex ratios in this species in Europe and North Africa finds notable geographic variation in the scarcity of males.