Plicatoperipatus
| Plicatoperipatus jamaicensis | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Phylum: | Onychophora
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| Genus: | Plicatoperipatus Clark, 1913
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| Species: | P. jamaicensis
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| Plicatoperipatus jamaicensis (Grabham & Cockerell, 1892)
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Plicatoperipatus is a monospecific genus of velvet worm containing the single species Plicatoperipatus jamaicensis.[2] It is endemic to Jamaica. The species is listed as Near Threatened by the IUCN Red List.[1] Males in this species have 35 pairs of legs; females have 43 pairs, the maximum number found in the phylum Onychophora.[3][4]
See also[]
- Onychophora#Conservation
References[]
- ^ a b New, T.R. (1996). "Plicatoperipatus jamaicensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T17716A7380464. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T17716A7380464.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Monge-Nájera, Julián (1994). "Reproductive trends, habitat type and body characteristcs in velvet worms (Onychophora)". Revista de Biología Tropical: 611–622. ISSN 2215-2075.
- ^ Yang, Jie; Ortega-Hernández, Javier; Gerber, Sylvain; Butterfield, Nicholas J.; Hou, Jin-bo; Lan, Tian; Zhang, Xi-guang (2015-07-14). "A superarmored lobopodian from the Cambrian of China and early disparity in the evolution of Onychophora". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112 (28): 8678–8683. doi:10.1073/pnas.1505596112. ISSN 0027-8424. PMID 26124122 – via ResearchGate.
Further reading[]
- Herbert, P. D. N.; Billington, N.; Finston, T. L.; Boileau, M. G.; Beaton, M. J.; Barette, R. J. (1991). "Genetic-variation in the Onychophoran Plicatoperipatus-jamaicIensis". Heredity. 67 (2): 221–229. doi:10.1038/hdy.1991.83.
- Oliveira, I. D.; Luter, C.; Wolf, K. W.; Mayer, G. (2014). "Evolutionary changes in the integument of the onychophoran Plicatoperipatus jamaicensis (Peripatidae)". Invertebrate Biology. 113 (3): 274–280. doi:10.1111/ivb.12063.
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