Regimitra

Regimitra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Onychophora
Family: Peripatopsidae
Genus: Regimitra
Reid, 1996
Species:
R. quadricaula
Binomial name
Regimitra quadricaula
Reid, 1996

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

  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.