''Kumbadjena'' is a genus of
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 ...
s in the family
Peripatopsidae
Peripatopsidae or the Southern Velvet Worms are one of two extant families of velvet worm. This family includes more than 140 described species distributed among 41 genera, but some authorities deem only 131 of these species to be valid. The Fre ...
.
All species in this genus are
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 ...
, all have 15 pairs of oncopods (legs),
and all are found in the southwest of
Western Australia
Western Australia (WA) is the westernmost state of Australia. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South Australia to the south-east. Western Aust ...
.
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
Onychophorans of Australasia
Onychophoran genera
Taxa named by Amanda Reid (malacologist)
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