Cerradopatus

Cerradopatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Onychophora
Family:	Peripatidae
Genus:	Cerradopatus Oliveira et al. 2015
Species:	C. sucuriuensis
Binomial name
Cerradopatus sucuriuensis Oliveira et al. 2015

Cerradopatus is a monospecific genus of velvet worm containing the single species Cerradopatus sucuriuensis. ^[1] Males of this species have 28 or 29 pairs of legs; females have 30 to 32. This species is native to the Brazilian savannah. ^[2] This species is viviparous, with mothers supplying nourishment to their embryos through a placenta. ^[3]

References

1. "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
2. De Sena Oliveira, Ivo; Lacorte, Gustavo; Weck-Heimann, Andreas; Cordeiro, Lívia; Wieloch, Alfredo; Mayer, Georg (2014-12-11). "A new and critically endangered species and genus of Onychophora (Peripatidae) from the Brazilian savannah - A vulnerable biodiversity hotspot". Systematics and Biodiversity. 13 (3): 211–233. doi:10.1080/14772000.2014.985621. S2CID   86151143.
3. Mayer, Georg; Franke, Franziska Anni; Treffkorn, Sandra; Gross, Vladimir; de Sena Oliveira, Ivo (2015), Wanninger, Andreas (ed.), "Onychophora" , Evolutionary Developmental Biology of Invertebrates 3, Vienna: Springer Vienna, pp. 53–98, doi:10.1007/978-3-7091-1865-8_4, ISBN   978-3-7091-1864-1 , retrieved 2023-02-16