Paraperipatus lorentzi
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Kingdom: | Animalia
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Phylum: | Onychophora
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Genus: | Paraperipatus
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Species: | P. lorentzi
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Paraperipatus lorentzi Horst 1910
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Paraperipatus lorentzi is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatopsidae family.[1] The male of this species has 21 pairs of legs;[2] females have 22 or 23 pairs of legs.[3] The type locality is in Western New Guinea, Indonesia.[4]
References[]
- ^ Oliveira, I.; Hering, L. & Mayer, G. "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
- ^ Horst, R. (1910). "Paraperipatus lorentzi Horst, a new Peripatus from Dutch New Guinea". Notes from the Leyden Museum. 32: 217–218 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ Brues, Charles T. (1921). "On Paraperipatus Lorentzi Horst and Other Species of the Genus From New Guinea and Ceram". Psyche. 28 (2): 50–53. doi:10.1155/1921/34746. ISSN 0033-2615.
- ^ 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.
Categories:
- Onychophorans
- Animals described in 1910
- Onychophoran stubs