Epiperipatus biolleyi

Epiperipatus biolleyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Onychophora
Family:	Peripatidae
Genus:	Epiperipatus
Species:	E. biolleyi
Binomial name
Epiperipatus biolleyi (Bouvier, 1902)
Synonyms
Peripatus biolleyi(Bouvier, 1902)

Epiperipatus biolleyi is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family. ^[1] This species is red, without any pattern, on its dorsal surface. ^[2] Females of this species have 28 to 32 pairs of legs; males have 25 to 30. ^[3] Females range from 18 mm to 75 mm in length, with a mean length of 52 mm, whereas males range from 18 mm to 55 mm, with a mean length of 38 mm. ^[3] The type locality is in Costa Rica. ^[4]

References

1. Oliveira I.; Hering L. & Mayer, G. "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
2. Oliveira, Ivo S.; Lacorte, Gustavo A.; Fonseca, Cleusa G.; Wieloch, Alfredo H.; Mayer, Georg (2011-06-10). "Cryptic Speciation in Brazilian Epiperipatus (Onychophora: Peripatidae) Reveals an Underestimated Diversity among the Peripatid Velvet Worms". PLOS ONE. 6 (6) e19973. Bibcode:2011PLoSO...619973O. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019973 . ISSN   1932-6203. PMC   3112143 . PMID   21695250.
3. Monge-Nájera, Julián (1994). "Reproductive trends, habitat type and body characteristics in velvet worms (Onychophora)". Revista de Biología Tropical. 42 (3): 611–622.
4. Oliveira, I. S.; Read, V. M. S. J.; Mayer, G. (2012). "A world checklist of Onychophora (velvet worms), with notes on nomenclature and status of names". ZooKeys (211): 1–70. Bibcode:2012ZooK..211....1O. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.211.3463 . PMC   3426840 . PMID   22930648.

Further reading

• Altincicek, B.; Vilcinskas, A. (2008). "Identification of immune inducible genes from the velvet worm Epiperipatus biolleyi (Onychophora)". Developmental and Comparative Immunology. 32 (12): 1416–1421. doi:10.1016/j.dci.2008.06.004. PMID   18598713.
• Bartolomaeus, T.; Ruhberg, H. (1999). "Ultrastructure of the body cavity lining in embryos of Epiperipatus biolleyi (Onychophora, Peripatidae) – a comparison with annelid larvae". Invertebrate Biology. 118 (2): 165–174. doi:10.2307/3227057. JSTOR   3227057.
• Brockmann, C.; Mummert, R.; Ruhberg, H.; Storch, V. (1999). "Ultrastructural investigations of the female genital system of Epiperipatus biolleyi (Bouvier, 1902) (Onychophora, Peripatidae)". Acta Zoologica. 80 (4): 339–349. doi:10.1046/j.1463-6395.1999.00031.x.
• Meyer, G.; Koch, M. (2005). "Ultrastructure and fate of the nephridial anlagen in the antennal segment of Epiperipatus biolleyi (Onychophora, Peripatidae) – evidence for the onychophoran antennae being modified legs". Arthropod Structure & Development. 34 (4): 471–480. Bibcode:2005ArtSD..34..471M. doi:10.1016/j.asd.2005.03.004.
• Meyer, G.; Ruhberg, H.; Bartolomaeus, T. (2004). "When an epithelium ceases to exist – an ultrastructural study on the fate of the embryonic coelom in Epiperipatus biolleyi (Onychophora, Peripatidae)". Acta Zoologica. 85 (3): 163–170. doi:10.1111/j.0001-7272.2004.00166.x.
• Monge-Najera, J.; Barrientos, Z.; Aguilar, F. (1993). "Behaviour of Epiperipatus biolleyi (Onychophora, Peripatidae) laboratory conditions". Revista de Biología Tropical. 41 (3A): 689–696.
• MongeNajera, J.; Barrientos, Z.; Aguilar, F.; Geoffroy, J. J.; Mauries, J. P.; DuyJacquemin, M. N. (1996). "Experimental behaviour of a tropical invertebrate: Epiperipatus biolleyi (Onychophora: Peripatidae)". Acta Myriapodologica. 169: 493–494.
• Mora, M.; Herrera, A.; Leon, P. (1996). "The genome of Epiperipatus biolleyi (Peripatidae), a Costa Rican onychophoran". Revista de Biología Tropical. 44 (1): 153–157.
• Podsiadlowski, L.; Braband, A.; Meyer, G. (2008). "The complete mitochondrial genome of the onychophoran Epiperipatus biolleyi reveals a unique transfer RNA set and provides further support for the Ecdysozoa hypothesis". Molecular Biology and Evolution. 25 (1): 42–51. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msm223 . PMID   17934206.