Macroperipatus

Macroperipatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Onychophora
Family:	Peripatidae
Genus:	Macroperipatus Clark, 1913
Species
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Macroperipatus is a genus of Neotropical velvet worms in the Peripatidae family. ^[1] Velvet worms in this genus can have as few as 24 pairs of legs (in M. guianensis ) ^[2] or as many as 42 leg pairs (in M. torquatus ). ^[3] This genus is viviparous, with mothers supplying nourishment to their embryos through a placenta. ^[4]

Species

The genus contains the following species: ^[5]

• Macroperipatus clarki Arnett, 1961
• Macroperipatus guianensis (Evans, 1903)
• Macroperipatus insularis Clark, 1937
• Macroperipatus ohausi Bouvier, 1900
• Macroperipatus perrieri (Bouvier, 1899)
• Macroperipatus torquatus (von Kennel, 1883)
• Macroperipatus valerioi Morera-Brenes and León, 1986

Macroperipatus geayi(Bouvier, 1899) is considered a nomen dubium by Oliveira et al. 2012.

References

1. 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.
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. Read, V.M.S.J. (1988-07-01). "The Onychophora of Trinidad, Tobago and the Lesser Antilles" . Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 93 (3): 225–257. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1988.tb01362.x. ISSN   0024-4082.
4. Mayer, Georg; Franke, Franziska Anni; Treffkorn, Sandra; Gross, Vladimir; de Sena Oliveira, Ivo (2015), Wanninger, Andreas (ed.), "Onychophora" , Evolutionary Developmental Biology of Invertebrates 3, Vienna: Springer Vienna, pp. 53–98, doi:10.1007/978-3-7091-1865-8_4, ISBN   978-3-7091-1864-1 , retrieved 2023-02-16
5. Oliveira; et al. (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.