Peripatus sedgwicki

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Peripatus sedgwicki
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Onychophora
Class: Udeonychophora
Order: Euonychophora
Family: Peripatidae
Genus: Peripatus
Species:
P. sedgwicki
Binomial name
Peripatus sedgwicki
Bouvier, 1899

Peripatus sedgwicki is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family. [1] Females of this species have 29 to 32 pairs of legs; males have 28 to 30. [2] The type locality is in Venezuela. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Oliveira, I.; Hering, L. & Mayer, G. "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  2. ↑ Monge-Nájera, Julián (1994). "Reproductive trends, habitat type and body characteristcs in velvet worms (Onychophora)". Revista de Biología Tropical: 611–622. ISSN   2215-2075.
  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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