Macroperipatus ohausi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Onychophora
Family: Peripatidae
Genus: Macroperipatus
Species:
M. ohausi
Binomial name
Macroperipatus ohausi
(Bouvier, 1900)
Synonyms
  • Peripatus ohausi (Bouvier 1900)
  • Peripatus (Macroperipatus) ohausi (Clark 1913)

Macroperipatus ohausi is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family.[1] Females of this species have 27 or 28 pairs of legs.[2][3] The type locality is Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[4]

References

  1. Oliveira, I.; Hering, L. & Mayer, G. "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Archived from the original on 11 March 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  2. Monge-Nájera, Julián (1994). "Reproductive trends, habitat type and body characteristcs in velvet worms (Onychophora)". Revista de Biología Tropical: 611–622. ISSN 2215-2075.
  3. Bouvier, E.-L. (1905). "Monographie des Onychophores". Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie (in French). 9 (2): 1–383 via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  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. doi:10.3897/zookeys.211.3463. PMC 3426840. PMID 22930648.

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