Macroperipatus guianensis

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Macroperipatus guianensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Onychophora
Class: Udeonychophora
Order: Euonychophora
Family: Peripatidae
Genus: Macroperipatus
Species:
M. guianensis
Binomial name
Macroperipatus guianensis
(Evans, 1903)
Synonyms
  • Peripatus guianensis(Evans, 1903)
  • Peripatus ohausi var. guianensis(Bouvier 1904)
  • Peripatus (Macroperipatus) guianensis(Clark 1913)

Macroperipatus guianensis is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family. [1] The male of this species has 24 pairs of legs; females have 27 or 28 leg pairs, usually 28. [2] This species ranges from 30 mm to 80 mm in length. [2] The type locality is in Guyana. [3]

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References

  1. Oliveira, I.; Hering, L. & Mayer, G. "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  2. 1 2 Evans, Richard (1903). "On Peripatus guianensis (sp. nov.)". Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science. 47: 145–160 via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  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.