''Kumbadjena'' is a genus of
velvet worm
Onychophora (from grc, ονυχής, , "claws"; and , , "to carry"), commonly known as velvet worms (due to their velvety texture and somewhat wormlike appearance) or more ambiguously as peripatus (after the first described genus, '' Peripatus ...
s in the family
Peripatopsidae
Peripatopsidae is one of the two living velvet worm families.
Description
The Peripatopsidae exhibit relatively many characteristics that are perceived as original or "primitive" with respect to the Peripatidae. The number of leg pairs in this ...
.
All species in this genus are
ovoviviparous
Ovoviviparity, ovovivipary, ovivipary, or aplacental viviparity is a term used as a "bridging" form of reproduction between egg-laying oviparous and live-bearing viviparous reproduction. Ovoviviparous animals possess embryos that develop insi ...
, all have 15 pairs of oncopods (legs),
and all are found in the southwest of
Western Australia
Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...
.
Species
The genus contains the following species:
* ''
Kumbadjena extrema''
Sato, Buckman-Young, Harvey & Giribet, 2018
* ''
Kumbadjena kaata''
Reid, 2002
* ''
Kumbadjena karricola''
Sato, Buckman-Young, Harvey & Giribet, 2018
* ''
Kumbadjena occidentalis''
(Fletcher, 1895)
* ''
Kumbadjena shannonensis''
Reid, 2002
* ''
Kumbadjena toolbrunupensis''
Sato, Buckman-Young, Harvey & Giribet, 2018
References
Onychophorans of Australasia
Onychophoran genera
Taxa named by Amanda Reid (malacologist)
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