Epiperipatus edwardsii explained

Epiperipatus edwardsii is a species of velvet worm in the family Peripatidae.^[1] Females of this species have 29 to 34 pairs of legs;^{[2] [3]} males have 28 to 30.^{[4] [5]} Females range from 23 mm to 56 mm in length, whereas males range from 25 mm to 30 mm. The type locality is in French Guiana.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Oliveira I.. Hering L.. Mayer, G.. amp. Updated Onychophora checklist. Onychophora Website. 24 November 2016.
2. 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.
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. Costa . Cristiano Sampaio . Chagas-Junior . Amazonas . Pinto-da-Rocha . Ricardo . 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 . 1984-4689. free .
5. 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 . en . 140 . 3 . 10.1111/ivb.12336 . 1077-8306 . 236359517.
6. Oliveira. I. S.. Read. V. M. S. J.. Mayer. G.. 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.