Biology:Regimitra
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Short description: Genus and species of velvet worm
| Regimitra | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Onychophora |
| Family: | Peripatopsidae |
| Genus: | Regimitra Reid, 1996 |
| Species: | R. quadricaula
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| Binomial name | |
| Regimitra quadricaula Reid, 1996
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Regimitra is a monospecific genus of velvet worm containing the single species Regimitra quadricaula. The males of this species have 15 pairs of legs, with the last pair fully developed; females have either 15 leg pairs, with the last pair clawed but reduced, or only 14 leg pairs, preceding a pair reduced to a lump without feet or claws.[1] The type locality of this species is Tuggolo State Forest, New South Wales, Australia.[2]
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.
- ↑ "Australian Faunal Directory". https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/ONYCHOPHORA/checklist.
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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