Epiperipatus brasiliensis explained

Epiperipatus brasiliensis is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family.[1] Males of this species have 29 pairs of legs;[2] females have 31 or 33.[3] This species ranges from 37 mm to 80 mm in length.[4] The type locality is in Pará, Brazil.[5] Epiperipatus vagans from Barro Colorado Island (Panama) was originally described as subspecies of Epiperipatus brasiliensis, but is now treated as a full species.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Oliveira I. S.. Hering L.. Mayer, G.. amp . Updated Onychophora checklist. Onychophora Website. 24 November 2016.
  2. Costa . Cristiano Sampaio . Chagas-Junior . Amazonas . Pinto-da-Rocha . Ricardo . amp . 2018-10-16 . Redescription of Epiperipatus edwardsii, and descriptions of five new species of Epiperipatus from Brazil (Onychophora: Peripatidae) . Zoologia . en . 35 . 1–15 . 10.3897/zoologia.35.e23366 . free . 92601575.
  3. Oliveira . Ivo S. . Lacorte . Gustavo A. . Fonseca . Cleusa G. . Wieloch . Alfredo H. . Mayer . Georg . 2011-06-10 . Cryptic Speciation in Brazilian Epiperipatus (Onychophora: Peripatidae) Reveals an Underestimated Diversity among the Peripatid Velvet Worms . PLOS ONE . en . 6 . 6 . e19973 . 10.1371/journal.pone.0019973 . 1932-6203 . 3112143 . 21695250 . free .
  4. Monge-Nájera . Julián . 1994 . Reproductive trends, habitat type and body characteristics in velvet worms (Onychophora) . Revista de Biología Tropical . 42 . 3 . en . 611–622 . 2215-2075.
  5. Oliveira. I. S.. Read. V. M. S. J.. Mayer. G.. amp . A world checklist of Onychophora (velvet worms), with notes on nomenclature and status of names. ZooKeys. 2012. 211. 1–70. 10.3897/zookeys.211.3463. 22930648. 3426840. free. 2012ZooK..211....1O .

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