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    Peripatus swainsonae

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    Peripatus swainsonae
    Scientific classification Edit this classification
    Domain: Eukaryota
    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Onychophora
    Family: Peripatidae
    Genus: Peripatus
    Species:
    P. swainsonae
    Binomial name
    Peripatus swainsonae
    Cockerell, 1893
    Synonyms
    • Peripatus jamaicensis mut. swainsonae Cockerell 1893
    • Peripatus juliformis var. gossei Bouvier, 1900
    • Peripatus juliformis gossei Cockerell, 1901
    • Peripatus juliformis var. swainsonae Cockerell, 1901

    Peripatus swainsonae is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family.[1] Females of this species have 31 to 34 pairs of legs; males have 28 to 30.[2] The type locality is in Jamaica.[3]

    References

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    1. ^ Oliveira, I.; Hering, L. & Mayer, G. "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
    2. ^ Monge-Nájera, Julián (1994). "Reproductive trends, habitat type and body characteristcs in velvet worms (Onychophora)". Revista de Biología Tropical. 42 (3): 611–622. ISSN 2215-2075.
    3. ^ 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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