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Onychophora (velvet worm)

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Onychophora Grube
1998Onychophora Zrzavy et al.
2000Udeonychophora Poinar
2011Onychophora Edgecombe et al. p. 153 figs. Fig. 1
2012Onychophora Nielsen p. 259 figs. Fig. 42.1
2015Onychophora Yang et al. p. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
RankNameAuthor
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumOnychophoraGrube 1853
phylumOnychophoraGrube 1853

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
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†Cardiodictyon catenulum Hou et al. 1991
G. †Diania Liu et al. 2011
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†Diania cactiformis Liu et al. 2011
Or. Euonychophora Hutchinson 1930
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Fm. Peripatidae Evans 1901
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G. †Cretoperipatus Engel and Grimaldi 2002
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†Cretoperipatus burmiticus Engel and Grimaldi 2002
Invalid names: Ontonychophora Poinar 2000 [synonym]
Unr. †Hallucishaniids Smith and Caron 2015
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G. †Carbotubulus Haug et al. 2012
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†Carbotubulus waloszeki Haug et al. 2012
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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G. †Thanahita Siveter et al. 2018
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†Thanahita distos Siveter et al. 2018
G. †Orstenotubulus Maas et al. 2007
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†Orstenotubulus evamuellerae Maas et al. 2007
G. †Rushtonites Hinz 1987
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†Rushtonites spinosus Hinz 1987
Invalid names: Luolishaniidae Hou and Bergstrom 1995 [empty]
G. †Helenodora Thompson and Jones 1980
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†Helenodora inopinata Thompson and Jones 1980
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
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†Paucipodia haikouensis Luo and Hu 1999
G. †Xenusion Pompeckj 1927
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†Xenusion auerswaldae Pompeckj 1927
Invalid names: Udeonychophora Poinar 2000 [invalid subgroup]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available