Oroperipatus bimbergi

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Oroperipatus bimbergi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Onychophora
Class: Udeonychophora
Order: Euonychophora
Family: Peripatidae
Genus: Oroperipatus
Species:
O. bimbergi
Binomial name
Oroperipatus bimbergi
(Fuhrmann, 1913)
Synonyms
  • Peripatus bimbergi(Fuhrmann, 1913)

Oroperipatus bimbergi is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family. [1] The female of this species has 27 or 28 pairs of legs, usually 27; the male has 24 or 25 usually, rarely 26. [2] [3] The type locality is in Colombia. [4]

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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. ↑ Marcus, Eveline du Bois-Reymond (1952-12-23). "On South American Malacopoda". Boletins da Faculdade de Philosophia, Sciencias e Letras, Universidade de São Paulo. Zoologia. 17 (17): 189–209. doi:10.11606/issn.2526-4877.bsffclzoologia.1952.125190. ISSN   2526-4877.
  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. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.211.3463 . PMC   3426840 . PMID   22930648.


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