Vermicella parscauda

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Elapoidea 

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
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata
Cladus: Toxicofera
Subordo: Serpentes
Infraordo: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Elapoidea

Familia: Elapidae
Subfamilia: Hydrophiinae
Genus: Vermicella
Species: Vermicella parscauda

Name

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Holotype: QM J95678, ♂, collected in August 2014 by B.G. Fry and F.J. Vonk.

Type locality: “Weipa, Cape York, Queensland 12°31’53” S 141°50’51’’E”.

Paratypes (3): QM J95679, small ♂ squashed during mining company workplace activities, “Evans Landing, Weipa, Qld (1240’21”S, 14152’09”E)”; AM R94414, unsexed individual, “Mission River, Weipa, Qld (1240’59”S, 14152’59”E)”; CSIRO R02719, adult ♀, “Rocky Point, Weipa, Qld (1237’00”S, 14152’00”E)”.

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