Peripatoides, the Glossary
Peripatoides novaezealandiae is a species complex of velvet worms in the genus Peripatoides, found throughout New Zealand.[1]
Table of Contents
13 relations: Dunedin, Hermaphrodite, Holotype, New Zealand, Nomen dubium, Onychophora, Ovoviviparity, Peripatoides, Peripatoides kawekaensis, Peripatoides novaezealandiae, Reginald Innes Pocock, Species complex, Te Papa.
Dunedin
Dunedin (Ōtepoti) is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand (after Christchurch), and the principal city of the Otago region.
Hermaphrodite
A hermaphrodite is a sexually reproducing organism that produces both male and female gametes.
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Holotype
A holotype is a single physical example (or illustration) of an organism used when the species (or lower-ranked taxon) was formally described.
New Zealand
New Zealand (Aotearoa) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.
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Nomen dubium
In binomial nomenclature, a nomen dubium (Latin for "doubtful name", plural nomina dubia) is a scientific name that is of unknown or doubtful application.
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Onychophora
Onychophora (from ονυχής,, "claws"; and φέρειν,, "to carry"), commonly known as velvet worms (due to their velvety texture and somewhat wormlike appearance) or more ambiguously as peripatus (after the first described genus, Peripatus), is a phylum of elongate, soft-bodied, many-legged animals.
See Peripatoides and Onychophora
Ovoviviparity
Ovoviviparity, ovovivipary, ovivipary, or aplacental viviparity is a term used as a "bridging" form of reproduction between egg-laying oviparous and live-bearing viviparous reproduction.
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Peripatoides
Peripatoides novaezealandiae is a species complex of velvet worms in the genus Peripatoides, found throughout New Zealand. Peripatoides and Peripatoides are Onychophoran genera, Onychophorans of Australasia and taxa named by R. I. Pocock.
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Peripatoides kawekaensis
Peripatoides kawekaensis is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatopsidae family. Peripatoides and Peripatoides kawekaensis are Onychophorans of Australasia.
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Peripatoides novaezealandiae
Peripatoides novaezealandiae s. str. is an allozymatic (reproductively isolated) species of velvet worms in the Peripatoides novaezealandiae-complex, endemic to New Zealand.
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Reginald Innes Pocock
Reginald Innes Pocock, (4 March 1863 – 9 August 1947) was a British zoologist.
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Species complex
In biology, a species complex is a group of closely related organisms that are so similar in appearance and other features that the boundaries between them are often unclear.
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Te Papa
The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa is New Zealand's national museum and is located in Wellington.