Oroperipatus lankesteri

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Oroperipatus lankesteri
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Onychophora
Class: Udeonychophora
Order: Euonychophora
Family: Peripatidae
Genus: Oroperipatus
Species:
O. lankesteri
Binomial name
Oroperipatus lankesteri
(Bouvier, 1899)
Synonyms
  • Peripatus lankesteri (Bouvier, 1899)

Oroperipatus lankesteri is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family.[1] Females of this species have 37 or 38 pairs of legs; males have 33 to 35 pairs.[2][3] The type locality is in Ecuador.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ Oliveira, I.; Hering, L. & Mayer, G. "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  2. ^ Bouvier, E.-L. (1905). "Monographie des Onychophores". Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie (in French). 9(2): 1–383 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  3. ^ Monge-Nájera, Julián (1994). "Reproductive trends, habitat type and body characteristcs in velvet worms (Onychophora)". Revista de Biología Tropical: 611–622. ISSN 2215-2075.
  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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