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Paraperipatus vanheurni

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Species of velvet worm

Paraperipatus vanheurni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Onychophora
Family: Peripatopsidae
Genus: Paraperipatus
Species: P. vanheurni
Binomial name
Paraperipatus vanheurni
Horst, 1922

Paraperipatus vanheurni is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatopsidae family. This species ranges from pale blue or lilac to dark purple in color. Females of this species have 25 to 27 pairs of legs; males have 21 (or 22, counting a rudimentary last pair without feet). This species ranges from 15 mm to 60 mm in length. The type locality is in Western New Guinea, Indonesia.

References

  1. Oliveira, I.; Hering, L. & Mayer, G. "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  2. ^ Ruhberg, Hilke (1985). Die Peripatopsidae (Onychophora) : Systematik, Ökologie, Chorologie und phylogenetische Aspekte (in German). Stuttgart: E. Schweizerbart. ISBN 3-510-55023-4. OCLC 14872354.
  3. ^ Leloup, E. (1931). "Paraperipatus leopoldi nov. nom.". Résultats scientifiques du voyage aux Indes orientales néerlandaises de LL. AA. RR. le prince et la princesse Léopold de Belgique (PDF) (in French). Vol. 2. Bruxelles: Musée royale d'histoire naturelle de Belgique. pp. 1–14.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  4. ^ 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.
  5. Hortst, R. (1922). "Paraperipatus vanheurni n. sp". Zoologische Mededelingen. 7 (8): 113–114 – via Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
  6. 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.
Onychophora
Peripatidae
Neopatida
Peripatopsidae
Uncertain
†Antennipatus
†Helenodora
†Succinipatopsis
†Tertiapatus
Taxon identifiers
Paraperipatus vanheurni


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