Planipapillus

Planipapillus is a genus of Australian velvet worms in the Peripatopsidae family.[1] They are commonly known as lawn-headed velvet worms.[2] All species in this genus are oviparous and have 15 pairs of legs.[3]

Planipapillus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Onychophora
Class: Udeonychophora
Order: Euonychophora
Family: Peripatopsidae
Genus: Planipapillus
Reid, 1996
Species

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Species

The genus contains the following species:[1]

References

  1. "Australian Faunal Directory". Australian Government Department of the Environment. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  2. Rockman, M. V.; Rowell, D. M.; Tait, N. N. (2001). "Phylogenetics of Planipapillus, lawn-headed onychophorans of the Australian Alps, based on nuclear and mitochondrial gene sequences". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 21 (1): 103–116. doi:10.1006/mpev.2001.0990. PMID 11603941.
  3. Reid, Amanda (2000). "Eight New Planipapillus (Onychophora: Peripatopsidae) from Southeastern Australia". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 122: 1–32 via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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