Peripatus lachauxensis

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Peripatus lachauxensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Onychophora
Class: Udeonychophora
Order: Euonychophora
Family: Peripatidae
Genus: Peripatus
Species:
P. lachauxensis
Binomial name
Peripatus lachauxensis
Brues, 1935
Synonyms
  • Peripatus dominicae var. lachauxensisBrues, 1935 [1]

Peripatus lachauxensis is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family. [2] The female of this species has 30 to 33 pairs of legs. [1] The type locality is in Haiti. [3]

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Oroperipatus peruvianus is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family. Males of this species have 34 pairs of legs; females have 36 or 37. The type locality is in Peru.

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Peripatus dominicae is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family. Males of this species have 25 pairs of legs; females can have 28 to 31 pairs of legs, but usually have 29. The type locality is in Dominica.

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Peripatus haitiensis is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family. The female of this species has 30 to 32 pairs of legs. The type locality is in Haiti.

Peripatus heloisae is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family. Females of this species have 31 to 34 pairs of legs; males have 28 to 32. The type locality is in Mato Grosso, Brazil.

Peripatus juanensis is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family. Females of this species have 31 or 32 pairs of legs; males have 27. The type locality is in Puerto Rico.

Peripatus manni is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family. The male of this species has 29 pairs of legs; females have 30 or 31. The type locality is in Haiti.

Peripatus ruber is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family. This species has 30 pairs of legs. The type locality is in Costa Rica.

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References

  1. 1 2 Brues, Charles T. (1935). "Varietal Forms of Peripatus in Haiti". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 42 (1): 58–63. doi: 10.1155/1935/56795 .
  2. ↑ Oliveira, I.; Hering, L. & Mayer, G. "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  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.


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