Paraperipatus vanheurni

Paraperipatus vanheurni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Onychophora
Family: Peripatopsidae
Genus: Paraperipatus
Species:
P. vanheurni
Binomial name
Paraperipatus vanheurni
Horst, 1922

Paraperipatus vanheurni is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatopsidae family.[1] This species ranges from pale blue or lilac to dark purple in color.[2][3] Females of this species have 25 to 27 pairs of legs; males have 21[2][4] (or 22, counting a rudimentary last pair without feet[5]). This species ranges from 15 mm to 60 mm in length.[4][3] The type locality is in Western New Guinea, Indonesia.[6]

References

  1. ^ Oliveira, I.; Hering, L. & Mayer, G. "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b 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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Hortst, R. (1922). "Paraperipatus vanheurni n. sp". Zoologische Mededelingen. 7 (8): 113–114 – via Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
  6. ^ 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.


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