Mongeperipatus kekoldi

Mongeperipatus kekoldi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Onychophora
Family: Peripatidae
Genus: Mongeperipatus
Species:
M. kekoldi
Binomial name
Mongeperipatus kekoldi
Barquero-González et al. 2020

Mongeperipatus kekoldi is a large species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family. Males of this species have 32 or 33 pairs of legs and females have 37 to 39, but these numbers are based on only a few specimens. The large known specimen, an adult female, was 18 cm (7.1 in) long. This species is endemic to Costa Rica where it lives near streams in forests and semi-altered habitats.[1]

References

  1. ^ Barquero-González, Sánchez-Vargas, Morera (2020). "A new giant velvet worm from Costa Rica suggests absence of the genus Peripatus (Onychophora: Peripatidae) in Central America". Revista de Biología Tropical. 68: 300–320. doi:10.15517/rbt.v68i1.37675.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)


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