| Kumbadjena | |
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| Kumbadjena kaata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Onychophora |
| Family: | Peripatopsidae |
| Genus: | Kumbadjena Reid, 2002 |
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Kumbadjena is a genus of velvet worms in the family Peripatopsidae. All species in this genus are ovoviviparous, all have 15 pairs of oncopods (legs), and all are found in the southwest of Western Australia.
Species
The genus contains the following species:
- Kumbadjena extrema Sato, Buckman-Young, Harvey & Giribet, 2018
- Kumbadjena kaata Reid, 2002
- Kumbadjena karricola Sato, Buckman-Young, Harvey & Giribet, 2018
- Kumbadjena occidentalis (Fletcher, 1895)
- Kumbadjena shannonensis Reid, 2002
- Kumbadjena toolbrunupensis Sato, Buckman-Young, Harvey & Giribet, 2018
References
- Oliveira, I.; Hering, L. & Mayer, G. "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
- Baker, Caitlin M; Buckman-Young, Rebecca S; Costa, Cristiano S; Giribet, Gonzalo (2021-12-09). Xia, Xuhua (ed.). "Phylogenomic Analysis of Velvet Worms (Onychophora) Uncovers an Evolutionary Radiation in the Neotropics". Molecular Biology and Evolution. 38 (12): 5391–5404. doi:10.1093/molbev/msab251. ISSN 1537-1719. PMC 8662635. PMID 34427671.
- Reid, Amanda (2002). "Western Australian Onychophora (Peripatopsidae): a new genus, Kumbadjena, for a southern species-complex". Records of the Western Australian Museum. 21 (2): 129. doi:10.18195/issn.0312-3162.21(2).2002.129-155. ISSN 0312-3162.
- ^ "Australian Faunal Directory". Australian Government Department of the Environment. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
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