Oroperipatus ecuadoriensis

Species of velvet worm

Oroperipatus ecuadoriensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Onychophora
Family: Peripatidae
Genus: Oroperipatus
Species:
O. ecuadoriensis
Binomial name
Oroperipatus ecuadoriensis
(Bouvier, 1902)
Synonyms
  • Peripatus ecuadoriensis (Bouvier, 1902)

Oroperipatus ecuadoriensis is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family.[1] The original description of this species is based on a female specimen notable for its large size (67 mm in length); this description also reports 39 pairs of legs.[2] The type locality is in Ecuador.[3]

References

  1. ^ Oliveira, I.; Hering, L. & Mayer, G. "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  2. ^ Bouvier, E.-L. (1902). "Le Peripatus ecuadorensis". Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris. 9 (4): 53–62 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  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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Onychophora
Peripatidae
  • †Cretoperipatus
  • Eoperipatus
    • butleri
    • horsti
    • totoro
    • weldoni
  • Mesoperipatus
  • Typhloperipatus
Neopatida
Peripatopsidae
Uncertain: †Antennipatus  • †Helenodora  • †Succinipatopsis  • †Tertiapatus
Taxon identifiers
Oroperipatus ecuadoriensis


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