Austroperipatus paradoxus

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Austroperipatus paradoxus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Onychophora
Class: Udeonychophora
Order: Euonychophora
Family: Peripatopsidae
Genus: Austroperipatus
Species:
A. paradoxus
Binomial name
Austroperipatus paradoxus
(Bouvier, 1915)

Austroperipatus paradoxus is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatopsidae family. [1] This species has 15 pairs of legs. [2]

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References

  1. Oliveira I.; Hering L. & Mayer, G. "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  2. Monge-Nájera, Julián (1994). "Reproductive trends, habitat type and body characteristcs in velvet worms (Onychophora)". Revista de Biología Tropical: 611–622. ISSN   2215-2075.