Epiperipatus imthurni
| Epiperipatus imthurni | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Division: | Onychophora |
| Class: | Udeonychophora |
| Order: | Euonychophora |
| Family: | Peripatidae |
| Genus: | Epiperipatus |
| Species: | E. imthurni |
| Binomial name | |
| Epiperipatus imthurni (Sclater, 1888) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Epiperipatus imthurni is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family.[1] It is the only known parthenogenetic velvet worm.[2] The type locality is in Guyana.[3]
References
- ↑ Oliveira I., Hering L., & Mayer, G. "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
- ↑ Read, V. M. St. J. (July 1988). "The Onychophora of Trinidad, Tobago, and the Lesser Antilles". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 93 (3): 225–57. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1988.tb01362.x.
- ↑ 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.
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