Euperipatoides leuckartii

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Euperipatoides leuckartii
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Onychophora
Class: Udeonychophora
Order: Euonychophora
Family: Peripatopsidae
Genus: Euperipatoides
Species:
E. leuckartii
Binomial name
Euperipatoides leuckartii
(Sänger, 1871)
Synonyms
  • Peripatus leuckartii(Sänger, 1871)
  • Peripatus leuckarti var. orientalis(Fletcher, 1895)
  • Peripatus orientalis(Bouvier, 1902)
  • Peripatoides leuckarti(Bouvier, 1907)
  • Ooperipatus leuckarti(Baehr, 1977)

Euperipatoides leuckartii [lower-alpha 1] is a species of velvet worm in the family Peripatopsidae. [1] This species is ovoviviparous and has 15 pairs of oncopods (legs). [2] The type locality of this species is Mount Tomah, New South Wales, Australia. [3]

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Notes

  1. often misspelt as leuckarti

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Oroperipatus cameranoi is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family. Females of this species have 34 to 36 pairs of legs; males have 32. The type locality is in Ecuador.

Oroperipatus soratanus is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family. Females of this species have 32 pairs of legs; males have 28. The type locality is in Bolivia.

Oroperipatus tuberculatus is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family. This species have 37 pairs of legs. The type locality is in Colombia.

Peripatus brolemanni is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family. Females of this species have 30 to 33 pairs of legs; males have 29. The type locality is in Venezuela.

Peripatus danicus is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family. Females of this species have 31 to 33 pairs of legs; males have 26 to 28. The type locality is in Saint Thomas Island.

Peripatus heloisae is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family. Females of this species have 31 to 34 pairs of legs; males have 28 to 32. The type locality is in Mato Grosso, Brazil.

Peripatus sedgwicki is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family. Females of this species have 29 to 32 pairs of legs; males have 28 to 30. The type locality is in Venezuela.

Paraperipatus novaebritanniae is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatopsidae family. Females of this species have 24 pairs of legs; males have 22 or 23. The type locality is in New Britain, Papua New Guinea.

Paraperipatus vanheurni is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatopsidae family. Females of this species have 25 to 27 pairs of legs; males have 21. The type locality is in Western New Guinea, Indonesia.

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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.
  3. 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. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.211.3463 . PMC   3426840 . PMID   22930648.

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