| Peripatus danicus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Onychophora |
| Class: | Udeonychophora |
| Order: | Euonychophora |
| Family: | Peripatidae |
| Genus: | Peripatus |
| Species: | P. danicus |
| Binomial name | |
| Peripatus danicus Bouvier, 1900 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Peripatus danicus is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family. [1] Females of this species have 31 to 33 pairs of legs; males have 26 to 28. [2] The type locality is in Saint Thomas Island. [3]
Peripatus is a genus of velvet worms in the Peripatidae family. The name "peripatus" is also used to refer to the Onychophora as a whole, although this group comprises many other genera besides Peripatus. The genus Peripatus is found in Central America, the Caribbean and northern South America.
Peripatidae is a family of velvet worms. The oldest putative representatives of the family herald from Burmese amber dated to the mid-Cretaceous, around 100 Ma, with representatives from Dominican and Baltic amber attesting to a broader distribution in the Palaeogene / Neogene; molecular variability suggests that the family's crown group may have arisen in the early Mesozoic.
Peripatoides kawekaensis is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatopsidae family. The type locality is in New Zealand's North Island.
Peripatus basilensis is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family. The type locality is in Haiti.
Peripatus bouvieri is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family. The type locality is in Colombia.
Peripatus brolemanni is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family. Females of this species have 30 to 33 pairs of legs; males have 29. The type locality is in Venezuela.
Peripatus darlingtoni is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family. The type locality is in Haiti.
Peripatus dominicae is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family. Males of this species have 25 pairs of legs; females can have 28 to 31 pairs of legs, but usually have 29. The type locality is in Dominica.
Peripatus evelinae is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family. The type locality is in Goiás, Brazil.
Peripatus haitiensis is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family. The type locality is in Haiti.
Peripatus heloisae is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family. Females of this species have 31 to 34 pairs of legs; males have 28 to 32. The type locality is in Mato Grosso, Brazil.
Peripatus juanensis is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family. Females of this species have 31 or 32 pairs of legs; males have 27. The type locality is in Puerto Rico.
Peripatus lachauxensis is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family. The type locality is in Haiti.
Peripatus manni is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family. The type locality is in Haiti.
Peripatus ruber is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family. The type locality is in Costa Rica.
Peripatus sedgwicki is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family. Females of this species have 29 to 32 pairs of legs; males have 28 to 30. The type locality is in Venezuela.
Mongeperipatus solorzanoi, or Solórzano's velvet worm, is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family.
Peripatus swainsonae is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family. Females of this species have 31 to 34 pairs of legs; males have 28 to 30. The type locality is in Jamaica.
Paraperipatus ceramensis is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatopsidae family. Females of this species have 21 or 22 pairs of legs. The type locality is in Seram, Indonesia.
Paraperipatus papuensis is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatopsidae family. Males in this species have 21 to 27 pairs of legs; females have 21 to 29 leg pairs. The maximum number of leg pairs recorded in this species (29) is also the maximum number of leg pairs found in the family Peripatopsidae. The type locality is in Western New Guinea, Indonesia.
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