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Heteroperipatus engelhardi

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Heteroperipatus engelhardi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Onychophora
Family: Peripatidae
Genus: Heteroperipatus
Species:
H. engelhardi
Binomial name
Heteroperipatus engelhardi
Zilch, 1954

Heteroperipatus engelhardi is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family.[1] Males of this species have 27 or 28 pairs of legs; females have 31 or 32 leg pairs.[2] Females range from 24.5 mm to 52 mm in length; males range from 12 mm to 25 mm in length.[2] The type locality is in El Salvador.[3]

References

  1. ^ Oliveira, I.; Hering, L. & Mayer, G. "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  2. ^ a b Zilch, Adolf (1954). "Onychophoren aus El Salvador". Senckenbergiana Biologica (in German). 35: 147–150.
  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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