Oroperipatus ecuadoriensis

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Oroperipatus ecuadoriensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Onychophora
Class: Udeonychophora
Order: Euonychophora
Family: Peripatidae
Genus: Oroperipatus
Species:
O. ecuadoriensis
Binomial name
Oroperipatus ecuadoriensis
(Bouvier, 1902)
Synonyms
  • Peripatus ecuadoriensis(Bouvier, 1902)

Oroperipatus ecuadoriensis is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family. [1] The original description of this species is based on a female specimen notable for its large size (67 mm in length); this description also reports 39 pairs of legs. [2] The type locality is in Ecuador. [3]

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References

  1. Oliveira, I.; Hering, L. & Mayer, G. "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  2. Bouvier, E.-L. (1902). "Le Peripatus ecuadorensis". Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris. 9 (4): 53–62 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.