Epiperipatus vagans

Epiperipatus vagans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Onychophora
Family: Peripatidae
Genus: Epiperipatus
Species:
E. vagans
Binomial name
Epiperipatus vagans
(Brues, 1925)
Synonyms
  • Peripatus (Epiperipatus) brasiliensis var. vagans(Brues 1925)
  • Epiperipatus brasiliensis vagans (Peck 1975)

Epiperipatus vagans is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family.[1] The male of this species has 29 or 30 pairs of legs; females have 32 or 33.[2] The type locality is in Panama.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ Oliveira I.; Hering L. & Mayer, G. "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Brues, Carles T. (1925). "Notes on Neotropical Onycophora". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 32 (3): 159–165. doi:10.1155/1925/79079. ISSN 0033-2615.
  4. ^ 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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