Mimosiphonops

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gymnophiona

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Gymnophiona

Familia: Siphonopidae
Genus: Mimosiphonops
Species (2): M. reinhardti – M. vermiculatus

Name

Mimosiphonops Taylor, 1968: 592

• Type species: Mimosiphonops vermiculatus Taylor, 1968, by original designation.

Synonyms

• Pseudosiphonops Taylor, 1968: 583 [synonymised by Wilkinson & Nussbaum (1992: 680)]
  • Type species: Pseudosiphonops ptychodermis Taylor, 1968, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Taylor, E.H. 1968. The Caecilians of the World: A Taxonomic Review. University of Kansas Press: Lawrence, Kansas. vii + 848 pp. Reference page. 
• Wilkinson, M. & Nussbaum, R.A. 1992. Taxonomic status of Pseudosiphonops ptychodermis Taylor and Mimosiphonops vermiculatus Taylor (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliaidae) with description of a new species. Journal of Natural History 26(3): 675–688. DOI: 10.1080/00222939200770421 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Worm Patterned Caecilians