Acanthokara
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''Acanthokara'' is a
monospecific genus In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispe ...
of
ovoviviparous Ovoviviparity, ovovivipary, ovivipary, or aplacental viviparity is a "bridging" form of reproduction between egg-laying oviparity, oviparous and live-bearing viviparity, viviparous reproduction. Ovoviviparous animals possess embryos that develo ...
velvet worm Onychophora (from , , "claws"; and , , "to carry"), commonly known as velvet worms (for their velvety texture and somewhat wormlike appearance) or more ambiguously as peripatus (after the first described genus, '' Peripatus''), is a phylum of e ...
, containing the single species ''Acanthokara kaputensis''. This species has 15 pairs of legs in both sexes. The type locality of this species is Mount Kaputar, New South Wales, Australia.


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* Onychophorans of Australasia Monotypic onychophoran genera Taxa named by Amanda Reid (malacologist) {{Onychophora-stub