Epiperipatus trinidadensis

Epiperipatus trinidadensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Onychophora
Family:	Peripatidae
Genus:	Epiperipatus
Species:	E. trinidadensis
Binomial name
Epiperipatus trinidadensis (Sedgwick, 1888)
Synonyms
Peripatus trinidadensis(Sedgwick 1888) Peripatus trinitatis(Bouvier 1905) Peripatus (Epiperipatus) trinidadensis(Clark 1913)

Epiperipatus trinidadensis is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family. ^[1] Males of this species have 27 to 30 pairs of legs, ^[2] usually 28; females have 28 to 31, ^[3] usually 30. ^[4] The type locality is in Trinidad. ^[5]

References

1. Oliveira I.; Hering L. & Mayer, G. "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
2. Brues, Charles T. (1911). "A new species of Peripatus from Grenada, with observations on other species of the genus". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 54: 303–318 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
3. 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. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019973 . ISSN   1932-6203. PMC   3112143 . PMID   21695250.
4. Read, V. M. St. J. (July 1988). "The Onychophora of Trinidad, Tobago, and the Lesser Antilles". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 93 (3): 225–57. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1988.tb01362.x.
5. 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.