Kumbadjena occidentalis

Species of velvet worm

Kumbadjena occidentalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Onychophora
Family: Peripatopsidae
Genus: Kumbadjena
Species:
K. occidentalis
Binomial name
Kumbadjena occidentalis
(J. J. Fletcher, 1895)
Synonyms
  • Peripatus leuckarti var. occidentalis (J. J. Fletcher, 1895)
  • Peripatoides occidentalis (Dakin, 1920)

Kumbadjena occidentalis is a species of velvet worm in the family Peripatopsidae described by Joseph James Fletcher in 1895.[1] This species has 15 pairs of legs.[2] The type locality is in Western Australia.[3]

References

  1. ^ Oliveira, I.; Hering, L. & Mayer, G. "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  2. ^ Reid, Amanda (2002). "Western Australian Onychophora (Peripatopsidae): a new genus, Kumbadjena, for a southern species-complex". Records of the Western Australian Museum. 21 (2): 129. doi:10.18195/issn.0312-3162.21(2).2002.129-155. ISSN 0312-3162.
  3. ^ Oliveira, I. S.; Read, V. M. S. J.; Mayer, G. (2012). "A world checklist of Onychophora (velvet worms), with notes on nomenclature and status of names". ZooKeys (211): 1–70. Bibcode:2012ZooK..211....1O. doi:10.3897/zookeys.211.3463. PMC 3426840. PMID 22930648.
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Onychophora
Peripatidae
  • †Cretoperipatus
  • Eoperipatus
    • butleri
    • horsti
    • totoro
    • weldoni
  • Mesoperipatus
  • Typhloperipatus
Neopatida
Peripatopsidae
Uncertain: †Antennipatus  • †Helenodora  • †Succinipatopsis  • †Tertiapatus
Taxon identifiers
Kumbadjena occidentalis


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