Peripatus ruber

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Peripatus ruber
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Onychophora
Class: Udeonychophora
Order: Euonychophora
Family: Peripatidae
Genus: Peripatus
Species:
P. ruber
Binomial name
Peripatus ruber
Fuhrmann, 1913

Peripatus ruber is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family. [1] This species has 30 pairs of legs. [2] [3] The type locality is in Costa Rica. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Oliveira, I.; Hering, L. & Mayer, G. "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  2. ↑ Fuhrmann, O. (1913). "Über einige neue neotropische Peripatus-Arten". Zoologischer Anzeiger (in German). 42: 241–248 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  3. ↑ Costa, Cristiano Sampaio; Giribet, Gonzalo (2021). "Panamanian velvet worms in the genus Epiperipatus , with notes on their taxonomy and distribution and the description of a new species (Onychophora, Peripatidae)". Invertebrate Biology. 140 (3). doi:10.1111/ivb.12336. ISSN   1077-8306. S2CID   236359517.
  4. ↑ 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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