Peripatus manni

Peripatus manni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Onychophora
Family: Peripatidae
Genus: Peripatus
Species:
P. manni
Binomial name
Peripatus manni
Brues, 1913

Peripatus manni is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family.[1] The male of this species has 29 pairs of legs; females have 30 or 31.[2] The type locality is in Haiti.[3]

References

  1. ^ Oliveira, I.; Hering, L. & Mayer, G. "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  2. ^ Brues, Charles T. (1935). "Varietal Forms of Peripatus in Haiti". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 42 (1): 58–63. doi:10.1155/1935/56795. ISSN 0033-2615.
  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. Bibcode:2012ZooK..211....1O. doi:10.3897/zookeys.211.3463. PMC 3426840. PMID 22930648.


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