Epiperipatus edwardsii

Epiperipatus edwardsii
Figures 1–6; Epiperipatus edwardsii, GF180312HC003-06: (1) dorsal papillae arrangement; (2) dorsal view of the distal half of the body depicting diamond shaped pattern over the dorsomedian furrow; (3) foot in ventral view; (4) primary papillae in posterior view depicting differences in the number and shape of the scales (B and P); (5) outer blade in first plan of right jaw; (6) right fourth leg in ventral view depicting spinous pad undivided (I) and divided (IV) into two unequal parts. (AT) Accessory tooth, (B) basal piece, (DR) series of denticles, (I) first spinous pads, (IJ) inner blade, (IV) last spinous pads, (nt) nephridial tubercle, (OJ) outer blade, (P) apical piece, (PP) prolateral foot papillae, (RP) retrolateral foot papillae. Scale bars: 1, 5 = 100 µm, 2 = 5 mm, 3 = 30 µm, 4 = 20 µm, 6 = 200 µm.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Onychophora
Family: Peripatidae
Genus: Epiperipatus
Species:
E. edwardsii
Binomial name
Epiperipatus edwardsii
(Blanchard, 1847)
Synonyms
  • Peripatus edwardsii (Blanchard 1847)
  • Peripatus (Epiperipatus) edwardsii (Clark 1913)

Epiperipatus edwardsii is a species of velvet worm in the family Peripatidae.[1] Females of this species have 29 to 34 pairs of legs;[2][3] males have 28 to 30.[4][5] Females range from 23 mm to 56 mm in length, whereas males range from 25 mm to 30 mm.[2] The type locality is in French Guiana.[6]

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 characteristics in velvet worms (Onychophora)". Revista de Biología Tropical. 42 (3): 611–622. ISSN 2215-2075.
  3. ^ Oliveira, Ivo S.; Lacorte, Gustavo A.; Fonseca, Cleusa G.; Wieloch, Alfredo H.; Mayer, Georg (2011-06-10). "Cryptic Speciation in Brazilian Epiperipatus (Onychophora: Peripatidae) Reveals an Underestimated Diversity among the Peripatid Velvet Worms". PLOS ONE. 6 (6): e19973. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0019973. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 3112143. PMID 21695250.
  4. ^ Costa, Cristiano Sampaio; Chagas-Junior, Amazonas; Pinto-da-Rocha, Ricardo (2018-10-16). "Redescription of Epiperipatus edwardsii, and descriptions of five new species of Epiperipatus from Brazil (Onychophora: Peripatidae)". Zoologia. 35: 1–15. doi:10.3897/zoologia.35.e23366. ISSN 1984-4689.
  5. ^ Costa, Cristiano Sampaio; Giribet, Gonzalo (2021). "Panamanian velvet worms in the genus Epiperipatus , with notes on their taxonomy and distribution and the description of a new species (Onychophora, Peripatidae)". Invertebrate Biology. 140 (3). doi:10.1111/ivb.12336. ISSN 1077-8306. S2CID 236359517.
  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. doi:10.3897/zookeys.211.3463. PMC 3426840. PMID 22930648.


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