Oroperipatus corradoi

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Oroperipatus corradoi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Onychophora
Class: Udeonychophora
Order: Euonychophora
Family: Peripatidae
Genus: Oroperipatus
Species:
O. corradoi
Binomial name
Oroperipatus corradoi
(Camerano, 1898)
Synonyms
  • Peripatus corradi(Camerano, 1898)
  • Peripatus corradoi(Bouvier, 1905)

Oroperipatus corradoi is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family. [1] Females of this species have 26 to 29 pairs of legs, usually 28; males have 24 to 27. [2] [3] Females range from 14 mm to 60 mm in length, while males range from 14 mm to 25 mm in length. [2] The type locality is in Ecuador. [4]

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References

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