Epiperipatus titanicus

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Epiperipatus titanicus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Onychophora
Class: Udeonychophora
Order: Euonychophora
Family: Peripatidae
Genus: Epiperipatus
Species:
E. titanicus
Binomial name
Epiperipatus titanicus
Costa, Chagas & Pinto-da-Rocha, 2018

Epiperipatus titanicus is a species of velvet worm in the family Peripatidae. [1] This species is notable for the large size of its females (females range from 16 mm to 76 mm in length; males range from 29 mm to 41 mm in length) and for its numerous legs (females have 36 to 39 pairs of legs; males have 36 to 38 pairs). [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Costa, Cristiano Sampaio; Chagas-Junior, Amazonas; Pinto-da-Rocha, Ricardo (2018-10-16). "Redescription of Epiperipatus edwardsii, and descriptions of five new species of Epiperipatus from Brazil (Onychophora: Peripatidae)". Zoologia. 35: 1–15. doi: 10.3897/zoologia.35.e23366 . ISSN   1984-4689. S2CID   92601575.