Peripatus sedgwicki
| Peripatus sedgwicki | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Onychophora |
| Class: | Udeonychophora |
| Order: | Euonychophora |
| Family: | Peripatidae |
| Genus: | Peripatus |
| Species: | P. sedgwicki
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| Binomial name | |
| Peripatus sedgwicki Bouvier, 1899
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Peripatus sedgwicki is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family.[1] Females of this species have 29 to 32 pairs of legs; males have 28 to 30.[2] The type locality is in Venezuela.[3]
References[]
- ^ Oliveira, I.; Hering, L. & Mayer, G. "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
- ^ Monge-Nájera, Julián (1994). "Reproductive trends, habitat type and body characteristcs in velvet worms (Onychophora)". Revista de Biología Tropical: 611–622. ISSN 2215-2075.
- ^ 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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