Eoperipatus horsti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Onychophora
Family: Peripatidae
Genus: Eoperipatus
Species:
E. horsti
Binomial name
Eoperipatus horsti
Evans, 1901

Eoperipatus horsti is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family.[1] This species is brown with pale spots and a darker line running down the middle of its back.[2] Females of this species have 24 or 25 pairs of legs; males have 23 or 24, usually 23.[3][2][4] The males of this species can reach 40 mm in length, and the females can reach 46 mm in length, but the average specimen is 34 mm in length.[2] The type locality is in West Malaysia.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Oliveira I.; Hering L. & Mayer, G. "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 Evans, Richard (1901). "On two new species of Onychophora from the Siamese Malay States". Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science. 44: 473–538 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  3. ↑ Monge-Nájera, Julián (1994). "Reproductive trends, habitat type and body characteristcs in velvet worms (Onychophora)". Revista de Biología Tropical: 611–622. ISSN 2215-2075.
  4. ↑ Bouvier, E.-L. (1905). "Monographie des Onychophores". Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie (in French). 9 (2): 1–383 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  5. ↑ 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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