Sphenoparme
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''Sphenoparme'' 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
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 ''Sphenoparme hobwensis''. This species has 15 pairs of legs in both sexes. The type locality of this species is
Lamington National Park The Lamington National Park is a national park in the McPherson Range on the Queensland/New South Wales border in Australia. From Southport, Queensland, Southport on the Gold Coast, Australia, Gold Coast the park is to the southwest and Brisbane ...
, Queensland, Australia.


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* Onychophorans of Australasia Monotypic onychophoran genera Fauna of Queensland Endemic fauna of Australia Taxa named by Amanda Reid (malacologist) {{Onychophora-stub