Epiperipatus imthurni
Epiperipatus imthurni is a species of velvet worm in the family Peripatidae.[1] The type locality is in Guyana.[2] No males have been recorded from this species. Females have 28 to 32 pairs of legs, usually 30 or 31.[3][4] Females from Trinidad were shown to reproduce via parthenogenesis; the only velvet worm known to do so.[4]
| Epiperipatus imthurni | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Onychophora |
| Class: | Udeonychophora |
| Order: | Euonychophora |
| Family: | Peripatidae |
| Genus: | Epiperipatus |
| Species: | E. imthurni |
| Binomial name | |
| Epiperipatus imthurni (Sclater, 1888) | |
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References
- Oliveira I.; Hering L. & Mayer, G. "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
- 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.
- Brues, Charles T. (1911). "A new species of Peripatus from Grenada, with observations on other species of the genus". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 54: 303–318 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- Read, V. M. St. J. (July 1988). "The Onychophora of Trinidad, Tobago, and the Lesser Antilles". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 93 (3): 225–57. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1988.tb01362.x.
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