Peripatus bouvieri

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Peripatus bouvieri
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Onychophora
Family: Peripatidae
Genus: Peripatus
Species:
P. bouvieri
Binomial name
Peripatus bouvieri
Fuhrmann, 1913

Peripatus bouvieri is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family. [1] This species has 28 or 29 pairs of legs. [2] The type locality is in Colombia. [3]

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References

  1. Oliveira, I.; Hering, L. & Mayer, G. "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  2. Fuhrmann, O. (1913). "Über einige neue neotropische Peripatus-Arten". Zoologischer Anzeiger (in German). 42: 241–248 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.