Epiperipatus titanicus explained

Epiperipatus titanicus is a species of velvet worm in the family Peripatidae.^[1] This species is notable for the large size of its females (females range from 16 mm to 76 mm in length; males range from 29 mm to 41 mm in length) and for its numerous legs (females have 36 to 39 pairs of legs; males have 36 to 38 pairs). The type locality is in Alagoas state in Brazil.

Notes and References

1. 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 . 92601575 . 1984-4689. free .