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Genus and species of velvet worms

Vescerro
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Onychophora
Family: Peripatopsidae
Genus: Vescerro
Reid, 1996
Species: V. turbinatus
Binomial name
Vescerro turbinatus
Reid, 1996

Vescerro is a monospecific genus of ovoviviparous velvet worm containing the single species Vescerro turbinatus. This species has 15 pairs of legs in both sexes. The type locality of this species is the Iron Range, Queensland, Australia.

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.

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.
Onychophora
Peripatidae
Neopatida
Peripatopsidae
Uncertain
Antennipatus
Helenodora
Succinipatopsis
Tertiapatus
Taxon identifiers
Vescerro
Vescerro turbinatus


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