Peripatopsis lawrencei

Peripatopsis lawrencei
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Onychophora
Family:	Peripatopsidae
Genus:	Peripatopsis
Species:	P. lawrencei
Binomial name
Peripatopsis lawrencei McDonald et al., 2012

Peripatopsis lawrencei is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatopsidae family. ^[1] This species has 17 pairs of legs, with the last pair reduced in size but featuring two claws on each leg. ^[2] This species is restricted to the Theewaterskloof-Overstrand region of South Africa. ^{[3] [4]}

References

1. Oliveira, I. S.; Hering, L. & Mayer, G. "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
2. Lawrence, Julian A. Nieto; Daniels, Savel R. (2024-02-07). "Sample design in biodiversity studies matters: a fine-scale study of Lawrence's velvet worm, Peripatopsis lawrencei (Onychophora: Peripatopsidae), reveals hidden diversity" . Invertebrate Systematics. 38 (2): 8, 17–19. doi:10.1071/IS23051. ISSN   1447-2600. PMID   38744496.
3. McDonald, Dane E.; Ruhberg, Hilke; Daniels, Savel R. (2012-07-05). "Two new Peripatopsis species (Onychophora: Peripatopsidae) from the Western Cape province, South Africa". Zootaxa. 3380 (1): 55–68. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3380.1.4. ISSN   1175-5334 – via ResearchGate.
4. 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. Bibcode:2012ZooK..211....1O. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.211.3463 . PMC   3426840 . PMID   22930648.