Oroperipatus ecuadoriensis
Appearance
Oroperipatus ecuadoriensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Onychophora |
Family: | Peripatidae |
Genus: | Oroperipatus |
Species: | O. ecuadoriensis
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Binomial name | |
Oroperipatus ecuadoriensis (Bouvier, 1902)
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Oroperipatus ecuadoriensis is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family.[1] The original description of this species is based on a female specimen notable for its large size (67 mm in length); this description also reports 39 pairs of legs.[2] The type locality is in Ecuador.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Oliveira, I.; Hering, L. & Mayer, G. "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
- ^ Bouvier, E.-L. (1902). "Le Peripatus ecuadorensis". Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris. 9 (4): 53–62 – 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. Bibcode:2012ZooK..211....1O. doi:10.3897/zookeys.211.3463. PMC 3426840. PMID 22930648.