Euperipatoides leuckarti

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Euperipatoides leuckarti
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Onychophora
Class: Udeonychophora
Order: Euonychophora
Family: Peripatopsidae
Genus: Euperipatoides
Species:
E. leuckarti
Binomial name
Euperipatoides leuckarti
(Sänger, 1871)
Synonyms
  • Peripatus leuckartii (Sänger, 1871)
  • Peripatus leuckarti var. orientalis (Fletcher, 1895)
  • Peripatus orientalis (Bouvier, 1902)
  • Peripatoides leuckarti (Bouvier, 1907)
  • Ooperipatus leuckarti (Baehr, 1977)

Epiperipatus leuckarti is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatopsidae family.[1] This species has 15 pairs of legs.[2] The type locality is in New South Wales, Australia.[3]

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.

Further reading[]

  • Dallai, R.; Afzelius, B. A. (1993). "Characteristics of the sperm tail of the velvet worm, Euperipatoides leuckarti (Onychophora)". Tissue & Cell. 25 (6): 907–13. doi:10.1016/0040-8166(93)90039-n. PMID 18621261.


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