Epiperipatus vespucci
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| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Phylum: | Onychophora
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| Genus: | Epiperipatus
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| Species: | E. vespucci
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| Epiperipatus vespucci Brues, 1914
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Epiperipatus vespucci is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family.[1] The male of this species has 30 pairs of legs; females have 33 or 34.[2] The type locality is in Colombia.[3]
References[]
- ^ Oliveira I.; Hering L. & Mayer, G. "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
- ^ Brues, Charles T. (1914). "A new Peripatus from Columbia". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 58: 375–382 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ 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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