Kaolinonychus is a monotypic genus of harvestman in the family Paranonychidae.[1] There is one described species in Kaolinonychus, endemic to South Korea and found primarily in caves.[2][3][4]

Kaolinonychus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Opiliones
Suborder: Laniatores
Infraorder: Insidiatores
Superfamily: Travunioidea
Family: Paranonychidae
Genus: Kaolinonychus
Suzuki, 1975
Species:
K. coreanus
Binomial name
Kaolinonychus coreanus
Suzuki, 1966

Species

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The single species genus Kaolinonychus contains two described subspecies:

References

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  1. ^ "Izunonychus". Kury, A. et al. (2023). WCO-Lite: World Catalogue of Opiliones. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
  2. ^ "Kaolinonychus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2024-10-07.
  3. ^ "Kaolinonychus". GBIF. Retrieved 2024-10-07.
  4. ^ Derkarabetian, Shahan; Starrett, James; Tsurusaki, Nobuo; Ubick, Darrell; et al. (2018). "A stable phylogenomic classification of Travunioidea (Arachnida, Opiliones, Laniatores) based on sequence capture of ultraconserved elements". ZooKeys (760): 1–36. doi:10.3897/zookeys.760.24937. PMC 5986891. PMID 29872361.

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