Cerradopatus

Cerradopatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Onychophora
Family: Peripatidae
Genus: Cerradopatus
Oliveira et al. 2015
Species:
C. sucuriuensis
Binomial name
Cerradopatus sucuriuensis
Oliveira et al. 2015

Cerradopatus is a monospecific genus of velvet worm containing the single species Cerradopatus sucuriuensis.[1] Males of this species have 28 or 29 pairs of legs; females have 30 to 32. This species is native to the Brazilian savannah.[2] This species is viviparous, with mothers supplying nourishment to their embryos through a placenta.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
  2. ^ De Sena Oliveira, Ivo; Lacorte, Gustavo; Weck-Heimann, Andreas; Cordeiro, Lívia; Wieloch, Alfredo; Mayer, Georg (2014-12-11). "A new and critically endangered species and genus of Onychophora (Peripatidae) from the Brazilian savannah - A vulnerable biodiversity hotspot". Systematics and Biodiversity. 13 (3): 211–233. doi:10.1080/14772000.2014.985621. S2CID 86151143.
  3. ^ Mayer, Georg; Franke, Franziska Anni; Treffkorn, Sandra; Gross, Vladimir; de Sena Oliveira, Ivo (2015), Wanninger, Andreas (ed.), "Onychophora", Evolutionary Developmental Biology of Invertebrates 3, Vienna: Springer Vienna, pp. 53–98, doi:10.1007/978-3-7091-1865-8_4, ISBN 978-3-7091-1864-1, retrieved 2023-02-16


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