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''Tetrameraden'' is a
monospecific genus In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispec ...
of
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 ...
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 ...
, containing the single species ''Tetrameraden meringos''. This species has 15 pairs of legs in both sexes. The type locality of this species is the Warrumbungle Range, New South Wales, Australia.


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* Onychophorans of Australasia Onychophoran genera Monotypic protostome genera Fauna of New South Wales Endemic fauna of Australia Taxa named by Amanda Reid (malacologist) {{Onychophora-stub