Peripatoides kawekaensis

Peripatoides kawekaensis is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatopsidae family.[1] This species is ovoviviparous and has 15 pairs of legs.[2][3] The type locality is in New Zealand's North Island.[4]

Peripatoides kawekaensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Onychophora
Family: Peripatopsidae
Genus: Peripatoides
Species:
P. kawekaensis
Binomial name
Peripatoides kawekaensis
Trewick, 1998

Taxonomy

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This species was described by Steven A. Trewick in 1998 using material collected at the Hutchinson Reserve in the Hawke's Bay Region.[3] The holotype specimen is held at Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa in Wellington.[5]

Conservation status

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This species has been classified as having the "At Risk, Naturally Uncommon" conservation status under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Oliveira, I.; Hering, L. & Mayer, G. "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  2. ^ Trewick, S. A. (2000). "Mitochondrial DNA sequences support allozyme evidence for cryptic radiation of New Zealand Peripatoides (Onychophora)". Molecular Ecology. 9 (3): 269–281. doi:10.1046/j.1365-294x.2000.00873.x. ISSN 0962-1083. PMID 10736025.
  3. ^ a b Trewick, Steven A. (March 1998). "Sympatric cryptic species in New Zealand Onychophora". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 63 (3): 307–329. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.1998.tb01520.x.
  4. ^ 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. Bibcode:2012ZooK..211....1O. doi:10.3897/zookeys.211.3463. PMC 3426840. PMID 22930648.
  5. ^ "Peripatoides kawekaensis Trewick, 1998". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 2018-09-15.
  6. ^ Trewick, Steve; Hitchmough, Rod; Rolfe, Jeremy; Stringer, Ian (2018). "Conservation status of New Zealand Onychophora ('peripatus' or velvet worm), 2018" (PDF). New Zealand Threat Classification Series. 26. Department of Conservation: 1–3. ISBN 9781988514703.