Onychophora

Onychophora

Taxonavigation

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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Phylum: Onychophora

Classes: Onychophorida - †Xenusia - Incertae Sedis

Name

Circumscriptional names: Polypoda Guilding 1826 = Malacopoda Blainville (in Blanchard 1847) = Onychophora Grube 1853 = Monognatha Lameere 1895 = Protarthropoda Lankester 1904 = Tracheoidea Krausse et Wolff 1919.

Typified name in basic format: Peripatus/fg [f: Peripatiens Audouin & Milne-Edwards 1833; g: Peripatus Guilding 1826, typus Peripatus juliformis Guilding 1826]; typified names in use: Peripatus (sensu Guilding 1826), Peripati, Peripatida, Peripatidae, Peripatidea, Peripatii, Peripatoidea

Selected references

• Campbell, L.I. et al. 2011: MicroRNAs and phylogenomics resolve the relationships of Tardigrada and suggest that velvet worms are the sister group of Arthropoda. PNAS, 108(38): 15920-15924. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1105499108
• Oliveira, I.S.; Read, V.M.S.J.; Mayer, G. 2012: A world checklist of Onychophora (velvet worms), with notes on nomenclature and status of names. ZooKeys, 211: 1–70. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.211.3463 reference page 

links

• Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist

Vernacular names

Alemannisch: Stummefießer
Deutsch: Stummelfüßer
eesti: Küüsikloomad, Onühhofoorid
English: Velvet worm
español: Peripatus
hrvatski: Crvonošci
magyar: Karmos féreglábúak
македонски: Кадифени црви
日本語: 有爪動物門
polski: Pratchawce
suomi: Käsnäjalkaiset
中文: 有爪動物門

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