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Paraperipatus ceramensis

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Paraperipatus ceramensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Onychophora
Family: Peripatopsidae
Genus: Paraperipatus
Species:
P. ceramensis
Binomial name
Paraperipatus ceramensis
(Muir & Kershaw, 1909)
Synonyms
  • Peripatus ceramensis Muir & Kershaw, 1909

Paraperipatus ceramensis is a species of velvet worm in the family Peripatopsidae.[1] This species is grey-green with rust speckles.[2] Females of this species have 21 or 22 pairs of legs (usually 21) and range from 13 mm to 55 mm in length.[2][3][4][5] The type locality is in Seram, Indonesia.[6]

References

  1. ^ Oliveira, I.; Hering, L. & Mayer, G. "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  2. ^ a b 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. ^ Muir, F.; Kershaw, J.C. (1909). "Peripatus ceramensis, n. sp". Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science. 53: 737–740 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  4. ^ 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)
  5. ^ Monge-Nájera, Julián (1994). "Reproductive trends, habitat type and body characteristcs in velvet worms (Onychophora)". Revista de Biología Tropical: 611–622. ISSN 2215-2075.
  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. doi:10.3897/zookeys.211.3463. PMC 3426840. PMID 22930648.

Further reading

  • Muir, F.; Kershaw, J. C. (1909). "Peripatus ceramensis, n sp". Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science. 53 (212): 737–U28.


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