Peripatus
This article is about the genus Peripatus. For the velvet worms as a whole, also known as peripatus, see Onychophora.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Onychophora |
| Class: | Udeonychophora |
| Order: | Euonychophora |
| Family: | Peripatidae |
| Genus: | Peripatus Guilding, 1826 |
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Peripatus is a genus of velvet worms in the Peripatidae family.[1] The name "peripatus" (unitalicized and uncapitalized) is also used to refer to the Onychophora as a whole, although this group comprises many other genera besides Peripatus. They are found in Central America and northern South America.[2]
Species
The genus contains the following species:[3][1]
- Peripatus basilensis Brues, 1935
- Peripatus bouvieri Fuhrmann, 1913
- Peripatus brolemanni Bouvier, 1899
- Peripatus danicus Bouvier, 1900
- Peripatus darlingtoni Brues, 1935
- Peripatus dominicae Pollard, 1894
- Peripatus evelinae (Marcus, 1937)
- Peripatus haitiensis Brues, 1913
- Peripatus heloisae Carvalho, 1941
- Peripatus juanensis Bouvier, 1900
- Peripatus juliformis Guilding, 1826
- Peripatus lachauxensis Brues, 1935
- Peripatus manni Brues, 1913
- Peripatus ruber Fuhrmann, 1913
- Peripatus sedgwicki Bouvier, 1899
- Peripatus solorzanoi Morera-Brenes & Monge-Nájera, 2010, Solórzano's velvet worm
- Peripatus swainsonae Cockerell, 1893
Peripatus antiguensis Bouvier, 1899 and Peripatus bavaysi Bouvier, 1899 are considered nomina dubia by Oliveira et al. 2012.
References
- 1 2 Oliveira, Read, Mayer (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. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
- ↑ Trewick, Steve; Morgan-Richards, Mary (2014). NZ Wildlife. Auckland: Penguin. pp. 171–178. ISBN 978-0-143-56889-6.
- ↑ "Updated Onychophora Checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
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