Biology:Aethrikos
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Short description: Genus and species of velvet worm
| Aethrikos | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Onychophora |
| Family: | Peripatopsidae |
| Genus: | Aethrikos Reid, 1996 |
| Species: | A. setosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Aethrikos setosa Reid, 1996
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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
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ "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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