Oroperipatus tuberculatus

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Oroperipatus tuberculatus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Onychophora
Class: Udeonychophora
Order: Euonychophora
Family: Peripatidae
Genus: Oroperipatus
Species:
O. tuberculatus
Binomial name
Oroperipatus tuberculatus
(Bouvier, 1898)
Synonyms
  • Peripatus tuberculatus(Bouvier, 1898)

Oroperipatus tuberculatus is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family. [1] This species has 37 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. 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.