Kumbadjena
Kumbadjena is a genus of velvet worms in the family Peripatopsidae.[1] All species in this genus are ovoviviparous,[2] all have 15 pairs of oncopods (legs),[3] and all are found in the southwest of Western Australia.[4]
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| Kumbadjena kaata | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Onychophora |
| Family: | Peripatopsidae |
| Genus: | Kumbadjena Reid, 2002 |
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Species
The genus contains the following species:[4]
- Kumbadjena extrema Sato, Buckman-Young, Harvey & Giribet, 2018
- Kumbadjena kaata Reid, 2002
- Kumbadjena karricola Sato, Buckman-Young, Harvey & Giribet, 2018
- Kumbadjena occidentalis (Fletcher, 1895)
- Kumbadjena shannonensis Reid, 2002
- Kumbadjena toolbrunupensis Sato, Buckman-Young, Harvey & Giribet, 2018
References
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- Oliveira, I.; Hering, L. & Mayer, G. "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
- Baker, Caitlin M; Buckman-Young, Rebecca S; Costa, Cristiano S; Giribet, Gonzalo (2021-12-09). Xia, Xuhua (ed.). "Phylogenomic Analysis of Velvet Worms (Onychophora) Uncovers an Evolutionary Radiation in the Neotropics". Molecular Biology and Evolution. 38 (12): 5391–5404. doi:10.1093/molbev/msab251. ISSN 1537-1719. PMC 8662635. PMID 34427671.
- 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.
- "Australian Faunal Directory". Australian Government Department of the Environment. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
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