Peripatopsis balfouri

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Peripatopsis balfouri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Onychophora
Class:
Udeonychophora
Order:
Euonychophora
Family:
Peripatopsidae
Genus:
Peripatopsis
Species:
P. balfouri
Binomial name
Peripatopsis balfouri
(Sedgwick, 1885)
Synonyms
  • Peripatus balfouri (Sedgwick, 1885)

Peripatopsis balfouri is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatopsidae family.[1] This species has 18 pairs of clawed legs (with the last pair more reduced in the male than in the female).[2][3][4][5] The type locality is in South Africa.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ Oliveira, I. S.; Hering, L. & Mayer, G. "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  2. ^ Daniels, Savel R.; McDonald, Dane E.; Picker, Mike D. (2013). "Evolutionary insight into the Peripatopsis balfouri sensu lato species complex (Onychophora: Peripatopsidae) reveals novel lineages and zoogeographic patterning". Zoologica Scripta. 42(6): 656–674. doi:10.1111/zsc.12025. ISSN 0300-3256.
  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. ^ Purcell, W.F. (1899). "On the South African species of Peripatidae in the collection of the South African Museum". Annals of the South African Museum. 1: 331–351 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  5. ^ Hamer, M.L.; Samways, M.J.; Ruhberg, H. (1997). "A review of the Onychophora of South Africa, with discussion of their conservation". Annals of the Natal Museum. 38(1): 283–312.
  6. ^ 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[]

  • Daniels, S. R.; McDonald, D. E.; Picker, M. D. (2013). "Evolutionary insight into the Peripatopsis balfouri sensu lato species complex (Onychophora: Peripatopsidae) reveals novel lineages and zoogeographic patterning". Zoologica Scripta. 42 (6): 656–674. doi:10.1111/zsc.12025. S2CID 83758118.


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