Euperipatoides leuckartii

Euperipatoides leuckartii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Onychophora
Family: Peripatopsidae
Genus: Euperipatoides
Species:
E. leuckartii
Binomial name
Euperipatoides leuckartii
(Sänger, 1871)
Synonyms
  • Peripatus leuckartii (Sänger, 1871)
  • Peripatus leuckarti var. orientalis (Fletcher, 1895)
  • Peripatus orientalis (Bouvier, 1902)
  • Peripatoides leuckarti (Bouvier, 1907)
  • Ooperipatus leuckarti (Baehr, 1977)

Euperipatoides leuckartii[a] is a species of velvet worm in the family Peripatopsidae.[1] This species is ovoviviparous and has 15 pairs of oncopods (legs).[2] Females of this species range from 5 mm to 40 mm in length, whereas males range from 4 mm to 29 mm.[2] The type locality of this species is Mount Tomah, New South Wales, Australia.[3]

Notes

  1. ^ often misspelt as leuckarti

References

  1. ^ Oliveira, I.; Hering, L. & Mayer, G. "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  2. ^ 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.
  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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