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Peripatoides kawekaensis

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Species of velvet worm

Peripatoides kawekaensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Onychophora
Family: Peripatopsidae
Genus: Peripatoides
Species: P. kawekaensis
Binomial name
Peripatoides kawekaensis
Trewick, 1998

Peripatoides kawekaensis is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatopsidae family. This species is ovoviviparous and has 15 pairs of legs. The type locality is in New Zealand's North Island.

Taxonomy

This species was described by Steven A. Trewick in 1998 using material collected at the Hutchinson Reserve in the Hawke's Bay Region. The holotype specimen is held at Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa in Wellington.

Conservation status

This species has been classified as having the "At Risk, Naturally Uncommon" conservation status under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.

References

  1. Oliveira, I.; Hering, L. & Mayer, G. "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  2. Trewick, S. A. (2000). "Mitochondrial DNA sequences support allozyme evidence for cryptic radiation of New Zealand Peripatoides (Onychophora)". Molecular Ecology. 9 (3): 269–281. doi:10.1046/j.1365-294x.2000.00873.x. ISSN 0962-1083. PMID 10736025.
  3. ^ Trewick, Steven A. (March 1998). "Sympatric cryptic species in New Zealand Onychophora". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 63 (3): 307–329. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.1998.tb01520.x.
  4. Oliveira, I. S.; Read, V. M. S. J.; Mayer, G. (2012). "A world checklist of Onychophora (velvet worms), with notes on nomenclature and status of names". ZooKeys (211): 1–70. Bibcode:2012ZooK..211....1O. doi:10.3897/zookeys.211.3463. PMC 3426840. PMID 22930648.
  5. "Peripatoides kawekaensis Trewick, 1998". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 2018-09-15.
  6. Trewick, Steve; Hitchmough, Rod; Rolfe, Jeremy; Stringer, Ian (2018). "Conservation status of New Zealand Onychophora ('peripatus' or velvet worm), 2018" (PDF). New Zealand Threat Classification Series. 26. Department of Conservation: 1–3. ISBN 9781988514703.
Onychophora
Peripatidae
Neopatida
Peripatopsidae
Uncertain
†Antennipatus
†Helenodora
†Succinipatopsis
†Tertiapatus
Taxon identifiers
Peripatoides kawekaensis


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