Regimitra

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Regimitra
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Onychophora
Class: Udeonychophora
Order: Euonychophora
Family: Peripatopsidae
Genus: Regimitra
Reid, 1996
Species:
R. quadricaula
Binomial name
Regimitra quadricaula
Reid, 1996

Regimitra is a monospecific genus of velvet worm containing the single species Regimitra quadricaula. The males of this species have 15 pairs of legs, with the last pair fully developed; females have either 15 leg pairs, with the last pair clawed but reduced, or only 14 leg pairs, preceding a pair reduced to a lump without feet or claws. [1] The type locality of this species is Tuggolo State Forest, New South Wales, Australia. [2]

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References

  1. Reid, A. L. (1996). "Review of the Peripatopsidae (Onychophora) in Australia, with comments on peripatopsid relationships". Invertebrate Systematics. 10 (4): 663–936. doi:10.1071/it9960663. ISSN   1447-2600.
  2. "Australian Faunal Directory". Australian Government Department of the Environment. Retrieved 29 June 2016.

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