Kumbadjena kaata | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
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]
Peripatopsidae is one of the two living velvet worm families.
Occiperipatoides is a monospecific genus of velvet worm containing the single species Occiperipatoides gilesii. This genus is viviparous and found in Western Australia. The genus is part of the ancient phylum Onychophora that contains soft-bodied, many-legged relatives of arthropods known commonly as velvet worms.
Kumbadjena is a genus of invertebrate in the Peripatopsidae family. This genus is viviparous. All species in this genus have 15 pairs of legs. They are found in Western Australia.
Florelliceps is a monospecific genus of velvet worm containing the single species Florelliceps stutchburyae. This species is brown with 15 pairs of legs. During mating, the male of this species uses a structure on his head to place a spermataphore on the gonopore of the female. The type locality is in New South Wales, Australia.
Metaperipatus is a genus of velvet worms in the family Peripatopsidae that includes the species Metaperipatus inae. Males of this species have 20 pairs of legs; females have 22 pairs. This species is a dark grayish blue in color, with large orange/red spots. The type locality is in central Chile.
Epiperipatus leuckarti is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatopsidae family. This species has 15 pairs of legs. The type locality is in New South Wales, Australia.
Cephalofovea cameroni is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatopsidae family. This species has 15 pairs of legs and lives in rotting logs and leaf litter. The type locality is New South Wales, Australia.
Cephalofovea clandestina is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatopsidae family. This species has 15 pairs of legs and lives in rotting logs and leaf litter. The type locality is New South Wales, Australia.
Cephalofovea tomahmontis is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatopsidae family. This species has 15 pairs of legs and lives in rotting logs and leaf litter. The type locality is New South Wales, Australia.
Kumbadjena occidentalis is a species of velvet worm in the family Peripatopsidae described by Joseph James Fletcher in 1895. This species has 15 pairs of legs. The type locality is in Western Australia.
Kumbadjena shannonensis is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatopsidae family. This species has 15 pairs of legs. The type locality is in Western Australia.
Ruhbergia bifalcata is a species of velvet worm in the family Peripatopsidae. The type locality is in New South Wales, Australia.
Ruhbergia brevicorna is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatopsidae family. The type locality is in New South Wales, Australia.
Ruhbergia rostroides is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatopsidae family. The type locality is in New South Wales, Australia.
Paraperipatus papuensis is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatopsidae family. Males in this species have 21 to 27 pairs of legs; females have 21 to 29 leg pairs. The maximum number of leg pairs recorded in this species (29) is also the maximum number of leg pairs found in the family Peripatopsidae. The type locality is in Western New Guinea, Indonesia.
Paraperipatus lorentzi is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatopsidae family. The male of this species has 21 pairs of legs; females have 22 or 23 pairs of legs. The type locality is in Western New Guinea, Indonesia.
Paraperipatus vanheurni is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatopsidae family. Females of this species have 25 to 27 pairs of legs; males have 21. The type locality is in Western New Guinea, Indonesia.
Peripatopsis lawrencei is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatopsidae family. This species has 18 pairs of legs: 17 pregenital leg pairs plus one last pair that is strongly reduced and without claws or spinous pads. This species is restricted to the Theewaterskloof-Overstrand region of South Africa.
Peripatopsis stelliporata is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatopsidae family. This species has 17 to 19 pairs of legs, usually 18, with the last leg pair reduced more in males than in females. The type locality is in South Africa.
The Overberg velvet worm is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatopsidae family. This species usually has 19 pairs of legs: 18 pregenital leg pairs plus one last pair that is strongly reduced and without claws or spinous pads. Some specimens, however, have only 18 leg pairs. This species is limited to the Overberg region of South Africa.