Tasmanipatus

Tasmanipatus is a genus of velvet worms in the Peripatopsidae family.[1] They are endemic to Tasmania, Australia.[2]

Tasmanipatus
Tasmanipatus anophthalmus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Onychophora
Class: Udeonychophora
Order: Euonychophora
Family: Peripatopsidae
Genus: Tasmanipatus
Species

See text

Species

The genus contains the following species:[2]

References

  1. Oliveira, I.; Hering, L. & Mayer, G. "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  2. "Australian Faunal Directory". Australian Government Department of the Environment. Retrieved 29 June 2016.

Further reading

  • Ruhberg, H.; Mesibov, R.; Briscoe, D. A.; Tait, N. N. (1991). "Tasmanipatus barretti gen. nov., sp. nov. and Tasmanipatus anophthalmus sp. no.: two new and unusual onychophorans (Onychophora: Peripatopsidae) from northeastern Tasmania". Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania. 125: 7–10.


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