Peripatopsis intermedia
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| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Phylum: | Onychophora
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| Species: | P. intermedia
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| Binomial name | |
| Peripatopsis intermedia Hutchinson, 1928
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Peripatopsis intermedia is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatopsidae family.[1] This species has 19 pairs of legs: 18 pregenital leg pairs plus a last pair of much reduced legs.[2] The type locality is in South Africa.[3]
References[]
- ^ Oliveira, I.; Hering, L. & Mayer, G. "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
- ^ Hutchinson, G.E. (1928). "Observations on South African Onychophora". Annals of the South African Museum. 25: 337–340 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ 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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