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Dactylothele

Dactylothele is a monospecific genus of velvet worm containing the single species Dactylothele habros. This species has 15 pairs of legs in both sexes. The type locality of this species is Nothofagus Mountain in the Kyogle Council, New South Wales, Australia, near the Queensland border.

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Dactylothele
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Onychophora
Family: Peripatopsidae
Genus: Dactylothele
Reid, 1996
Species:
D. habros
Binomial name
Dactylothele habros
Reid, 1996

Dactylothele is a monospecific genus of velvet worm containing the single species Dactylothele habros. This species has 15 pairs of legs in both sexes.1 The type locality of this species is Nothofagus Mountain in the Kyogle Council, New South Wales, Australia, near the Queensland border.23

References

References

  1. Reid, A. L. (1996). "Review of the Peripatopsidae (Onychophora) in Australia, with comments on peripatopsid relationships". Invertebrate Systematics. 10 (4): 663–936. doi:10.1071/it9960663. ISSN 1447-2600.
  2. Oliveira I.; Hering L. & Mayer, G. "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  3. "Nothofagus Mountain". New South Wales Geographical Names Board. Retrieved 2026-05-20.
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