Tetrameraden

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Tetrameraden
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Onychophora
Family: Peripatopsidae
Genus: Tetrameraden
Reid, 1996
Species:
T. meringos
Binomial name
Tetrameraden meringos
Reid, 1996

Tetrameraden is a monospecific genus of ovoviviparous velvet worm, containing the single species Tetrameraden meringos. This species has 15 pairs of legs in both sexes. [1] The type locality of this species is the Warrumbungle Range, New South Wales, Australia. [2]

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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