Paraperipatus keiensis
Appearance
Paraperipatus keiensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Onychophora |
Family: | Peripatopsidae |
Genus: | Paraperipatus |
Species: | P. keiensis
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Binomial name | |
Paraperipatus keiensis Horst, 1923
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Paraperipatus keiensis is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatopsidae family.[1] This species is green-black with yellow-brown spots.[2] Females of this species have 24 or 25 pairs of legs; males have 22 or 23.[2][3][4][5] Females range from 27 mm to 48 mm in length, whereas males range from 25 mm to 33 mm.[5] The type locality is in Kai Besar, Indonesia.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Oliveira, I.; Hering, L. & Mayer, G. "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
- ^ a b Ruhberg, Hilke (1985). Die Peripatopsidae (Onychophora) : Systematik, Ökologie, Chorologie und phylogenetische Aspekte (in German). Stuttgart: E. Schweizerbart. ISBN 3-510-55023-4. OCLC 14872354.
- ^ Horst, R. (1923). "Paraperipatus keiensis n. sp". Videnskabelgie Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn. 76: 119–121 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ Leloup, E. (1931). "Paraperipatus leopoldi nov. nom.". Résultats scientifiques du voyage aux Indes orientales néerlandaises de LL. AA. RR. le prince et la princesse Léopold de Belgique (PDF) (in French). Vol. 2. Bruxelles: Musée royale d'histoire naturelle de Belgique. pp. 1–14.
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: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ a b Monge-Nájera, Julián (1994). "Reproductive trends, habitat type and body characteristcs in velvet worms (Onychophora)". Revista de Biología Tropical. 42 (3): 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. Bibcode:2012ZooK..211....1O. doi:10.3897/zookeys.211.3463. PMC 3426840. PMID 22930648.