Microcaecilia iwokramae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gymnophiona

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Gymnophiona

Familia: Siphonopidae
Genus: Microcaecilia
Species: Microcaecilia iwokramae

Name

Microcaecilia iwokramae (Wake & Donnelly, 2010)

Type locality: Guyana.

Holotype: CSBD HA 1500. MAD 2018.

Synonyms

• Caecilita iwokramae M.H. Wake & M.A. Donnelly, 2010
• Microceaecilia iwokramae M.H. Wake & M.A. Donnelly, 2010 by Wilkinson et al. 2014: 386.

References

• Wake, M.H. & Donnelly, M.A., 2010: A new lungless caecilian (Amphibia: Gymnophiona) from Guyana. Proceedings of the Royal Society (B), 277: 915–922.
• Wilkinson, M., P.J.R. Kok, F. Ahmed, D.J. Gower, 2014: Caecilita Wake & Donnelly, 2010 (Amphibia: Gymnophiona) is not lungless: implications for taxonomy and for understanding the evolution of lunglessness. Zootaxa, 3779: 383–388.