Peripatus juanensis

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Peripatus juanensis
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Onychophora
Class: Udeonychophora
Order: Euonychophora
Family: Peripatidae
Genus: Peripatus
Species:
P. juanensis
Binomial name
Peripatus juanensis
Bouvier, 1900
Synonyms
  • Peripatus dominicae juanensis Bouvier, 1900

Peripatus juanensis is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family.[1] Females of this species have 31 or 32 pairs of legs; males have 27.[2] The type locality is in Puerto Rico.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Oliveira, I.; Hering, L. & Mayer, G. "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  2. ^ Monge-Nájera, Julián (1994). "Reproductive trends, habitat type and body characteristcs in velvet worms (Onychophora)". Revista de Biología Tropical: 611–622. ISSN 2215-2075.
  3. ^ 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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