Onychophora

A member of the Peripatidae family

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Phylum: Onychophora
Class: Udeonychophora
Orders: Euonychophora - †Ontonychophora

References

• Hamer, M.L.; Samways, M.J.; Ruhberg, H. 1997: A review of the Onychophora of South Africa, with discussion of their conservation. Annals of the Natal Museum, 38: 283–312. African Journal Archive
• 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
• Mayer, G. & Oliveira, I. de S. 2011. Phylum Onychophora Grube, 1853. P 98 In Zhang, Z.-Q. (ed.) 2011. Animal biodiversity: an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa 3148: 1–237. Open access. Reference page. . (PDF) Reference page. 
• Mayer, G. & Oliveira, I. de S. 2013. Phylum Onychophora Grube, 1853. Zootaxa 3703(1): 15–16. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3703.1.5 . Reference page. 
• Murienne, J., Daniels, S.R., Buckley, T.R., Mayer, G. & Giribet, G. 2014. A living fossil tale of Pangean biogeography. Proceedings of the Royal Society (B) 281(1775): 20132648. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.2648 Reference page. 
• de Sena Oliveira, I.; 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
azərbaycanca: Onixoforlar
беларуская: Аніхафоры
Deutsch: Stummelfüßer
English: Velvet worm
español: Peripatus
eesti: Küüsikloomad, Onühhofoorid
suomi: Käsnäjalkaiset
hrvatski: Crvonošci
magyar: Karmos féreglábúak
日本語: 有爪動物門
latviešu: Onihofori
македонски: Кадифени црви
polski: Pratchawce
русский: Первичнотрахейные, бархатные черви, онихофоры
தமிழ்: ஒனைக்கோபோரா
ไทย: หนอนกำมะหยี่
中文: 有爪動物門

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