Kumbadjena kaata

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Kumbadjena kaata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Onychophora
Class: Udeonychophora
Order: Euonychophora
Family: Peripatopsidae
Genus: Kumbadjena
Species:
K. kaata
Binomial name
Kumbadjena kaata
Reid, 2002

Kumbadjena kaata is a species of velvet worm in the family Peripatopsidae. [1] This species has 15 pairs of legs. [2] The type locality is in Western Australia. [3]

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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. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.211.3463 . PMC   3426840 . PMID   22930648.