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Onychophora (velvet worm)
Taxonomy
Onychophora was named by Grube (1853). It is extant.
It was assigned to Ecdysozoa by Edgecombe et al. (2011); and to Panarthropoda by Zrzavy et al. (1998), Nielsen (2012) and Yang et al. (2015).
It was assigned to Ecdysozoa by Edgecombe et al. (2011); and to Panarthropoda by Zrzavy et al. (1998), Nielsen (2012) and Yang et al. (2015).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1853 | Onychophora Grube |
1998 | Onychophora Zrzavy et al. |
2000 | Udeonychophora Poinar |
2011 | Onychophora Edgecombe et al. p. 153 figs. Fig. 1 |
2012 | Onychophora Nielsen p. 259 figs. Fig. 42.1 |
2015 | Onychophora Yang et al. p. 1 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Ph. Onychophora Grube 1853 [velvet worm]
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G. †Antennacanthopodia Ou et al. 2011
Or. Euonychophora Hutchinson 1930
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Fm. Peripatidae Evans 1901
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Invalid names: Ontonychophora Poinar 2000 [synonym]
Unr. †Hallucishaniids Smith and Caron 2015
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G. †Hallucigenia Conway Morris 1977
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†Hallucigenia fortis Hou and Bergström 1995
†Hallucigenia sparsa Conway Morris 1977
Fm. †Hallucigeniidae Conway Morris 1977
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Invalid names: Luolishaniidae Hou and Bergstrom 1995 [empty]
G. †Microdictyon Bengston et al. 1981
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†Microdictyon cuneum Wotte and Sundberg 2017
†Microdictyon depressum Bengtson et al. 1990
†Microdictyon effusum Bengtson et al. 1981
†Microdictyon montezumaensis Wotte and Sundberg 2017
†Microdictyon rhomboidale Bengtson et al. 1986
†Microdictyon robisoni Bengtson et al. 1986
†Microdictyon sinicum Chen et al. 1989
†Microdictyon sphaeroides Hinz 1987
Invalid names: Udeonychophora Poinar 2000 [invalid subgroup]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available