Epiperipatus barbadensis

Epiperipatus barbadensis is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family.[1] Females of this species have 31 pairs of legs.[2] The type locality is in Barbados.[3]

Epiperipatus barbadensis
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E. barbadensis
Binomial name
Epiperipatus barbadensis
(Froehlich, 1962)
Synonyms
  • Peripatus (Peripatus) dominicae barbadensis (Froehlich 1962)
  • Peripatus dominicae barbadensis (Peck 1975)

References

  1. Oliveira I. S.; Hering L. & Mayer, G. "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  2. Read, V.M.St.J. (1988-07-01). "The Onychophora of Trinidad, Tobago and the Lesser Antilles". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 93 (3): 225–257. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1988.tb01362.x. ISSN 0024-4082.
  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. doi:10.3897/zookeys.211.3463. PMC 3426840. PMID 22930648.


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