Metaperipatus

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Metaperipatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Onychophora
Class:
Udeonychophora
Order:
Euonychophora
Family:
Peripatopsidae
Genus:
Metaperipatus

Clark, 1913
Species:
M. inae
Binomial name
Metaperipatus inae
Mayer, 2007

Metaperipatus is a genus of velvet worms in the family Peripatopsidae that includes the species Metaperipatus inae.[1] Males of this species have 20 pairs of legs; females have 22 pairs.[2] This species is a dark grayish blue in color, with large orange/red spots.[2] The type locality is in central Chile.[3]

A second species assigned to this genus, M. blainvillei (Gervais, 1837), includes females with 20 to 22 pairs of legs and males with 19 to 22,[4] but M. blainvillei is considered a nomen dubium by Oliveira et al., 2012, because it is probably a species complex.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Mayer, Georg (2007-04-05). "Metaperipatus inae sp. nov. (Onychophora: Peripatopsidae) from Chile with a novel ovarian type and dermal insemination". Zootaxa. 1440 (1): 21–37. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1440.1.2. ISSN 1175-5334 – via ResearchGate.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b 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.
  4. ^ Monge-Nájera, Julián (1994). "Reproductive trends, habitat type and body characteristcs in velvet worms (Onychophora)". Revista de Biología Tropical: 611–622. ISSN 2215-2075.

Further reading[]

  • Mayer, G. (2007). "Metaperipatus inae sp nov (Onychophora : Peripatopsidae) from Chile with a novel ovarian type and dermal insemination". Zootaxa. 1440 (1440): 21–37. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1440.1.2.
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