Kumbadjena karricola

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Kumbadjena karricola
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Onychophora
Class: Udeonychophora
Order: Euonychophora
Family: Peripatopsidae
Genus: Kumbadjena
Species:
K. karricola
Binomial name
Kumbadjena karricola
Sato, Buckman-Young, Harvey & Giribet, 2018

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

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References

  1. 1 2 Sato, Shoyo; Buckman-Young, Rebecca S.; Harvey, Mark S.; Giribet, Gonzalo (2018-01-01). "Cryptic speciation in a biodiversity hotspot: Multilocus molecular data reveal new velvet worm species from Western Australia (Onychophora: Peripatopsidae: Kumbadjena)". Invertebrate Systematics. 32 (6): 1249–1264. doi:10.1071/IS18024. ISSN   1445-5226. S2CID   92394477.