Biology:Aethrikos

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Short description: Genus and species of velvet worm

Aethrikos
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Onychophora
Family: Peripatopsidae
Genus: Aethrikos
Reid, 1996
Species:
A. setosa
Binomial name
Aethrikos setosa
Reid, 1996

Aethrikos is a monospecific genus of ovoviviparous velvet worm, containing the single species Aethrikos setosa. This species has 15 pairs of legs in both sexes.[1] This species exhibits lecithotrophic ovoviviparity; that is, mothers in this species retain yolky eggs in their uteri.[2] The type locality of this species is Styx River State Forest, New South Wales, Australia.[3]

References

  1. Reid, A. L. (1996). "Review of the Peripatopsidae (Onychophora) in Australia, with comments on peripatopsid relationships" (in en). Invertebrate Systematics 10 (4): 663–936. doi:10.1071/it9960663. ISSN 1447-2600. https://www.publish.csiro.au/is/it9960663. 
  2. Mayer, Georg; Franke, Franziska Anni; Treffkorn, Sandra; Gross, Vladimir; de Sena Oliveira, Ivo (2015), Wanninger, Andreas, ed., "Onychophora" (in en), 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, http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-7091-1865-8_4, retrieved 2023-02-16 
  3. "Updated Onychophora checklist". http://www.onychophora.com/list.htm. 

Further reading

  • Reid, A. L. (1996). "Review of the Peripatopsidae (Onychophora) in Australia, with Comments on Peripatopsid Relationships". Invertebrate Taxonomy 10 (4): 663–936. doi:10.1071/IT9960663. 

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