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Onychophora

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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Onychophora

Name

Homonyms
Onychophora
Onychophora W.Gams, P.J.Fisher & J.Webster
Common names
gusano aterciopelado in Spanish
onychophorans in English
onychophorans in English
velvet worm in English
velvet worm in English
velvet worms in English
velvet worms in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Brusca, Richard C., Wendy Moore, and Stephen M. Shuster, 2016: Chapter 20: The Emergence of the Arthropods. Tardigrades, Onychophorans, and the Arthropod Body Plan. Invertebrates, Third Edition. 709-760.
  2. Brusca, Richard C., and Gary J. Brusca, 1990: null. Invertebrates. xiii + 992.
  3. Brusca, Richard C., and Gary J. Brusca, 2002: null. Invertebrates, Second Edition. xx + 936.
  4. Budd, Graham E.,Janssen, Ralf (19/05/2020) Expression of the zinc finger transcription factor Sp6–9 in the velvet worm <i>Euperipatoides kanangrensis</i> suggests a conserved role in appendage development in Panarthropoda
  5. Byrne, Margaret,Roberts, J. Dale,Harvey, Mark S.,Rix, Michael G.,Joseph, Leo,Edwards, Danielle L. (15/08/2014) Biogeography and speciation of terrestrial fauna in the south-western Australian biodiversity hotspot
  6. Edgecombe, Gregory D. (31/07/2020) Arthropod Origins: Integrating Paleontological and Molecular Evidence
  7. Edgecombe, Gregory D.,Giribet, Gonzalo (2020) Onychophora
  8. Eisenhauer, Nico,Smith, Linnea C.,Phillips, Helen R. P.,Beaumelle, Léa,Hines, Jes (01/08/2020) Lessons from the WBF2020: extrinsic and intrinsic value of soil organisms
  9. Giribet, Gonzalo, and Gregory D. Edgecombe, 2020: 30. Onychophora. The Invertebrate Tree of Life. 224-230.
  10. Grube, Adolph Eduard: Die Familien der Anneliden
  11. Jahn, Henry,Oliveira, Ivo de Sena,Pfeiffer, Franz,Mayer, Georg,Kumerics, Andreas,Müller, Mark (16/10/2019) Functional morphology of a lobopod: case study of an onychophoran leg
  12. Mayer, G.; Oliveira, I. D. S. (2013). Phylum Onychophora Grube, 1853. <em>In</em>: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal Biodiversity: An Outline of Higher-level Classification and Survey of Taxonomic Richness (Addenda 2013). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3703(1): 15-16. 10.11646/zootaxa.3703.1.5
  13. Mayer, G.; Oliveira, I. D. S. (2013). Phylum Onychophora Grube, 1853. <em>In</em>: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal Biodiversity: An Outline of Higher-level Classification and Survey of Taxonomic Richness (Addenda 2013). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3703(1): 15-16. 10.11646/zootaxa.3703.1.5
  14. Monge-Nájera, Julián (31/01/2021) Onychophorology, the study of velvet worms, historical trends, landmarks, and researchers from 1826 to 2020 (a literature review)
  15. Oliveira, Ivo de Sena, V. Morley St. J. Read, and Georg Mayer, 2012: A world checklist of Onychophora (velvet worms), with notes on nomenclature and status of names. ZooKeys, vol. 211. 1-70.
  16. Ruggiero, M. A., D. P. Gordon, T. M. Orrell, N. Bailly, T. Bourgoin, R. C. Brusca, et al., 2015: Correction: A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE vol. 10, no. 6, e0130114.
  17. Ruggiero, M. A.; Gordon, D. P.; Orrell, T. M.; Bailly, N.; Bourgoin, T.; Brusca, R. C.; Cavalier-Smith, T.; Guiry, M. D.; Kirk, P. M. (2015). A higher level classification of all living organisms. <em>PLOS ONE.</em> 10(4): e0119248. 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248
  18. web search (AJR)
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