Heteroperipatus Explained

Heteroperipatus is a genus of Central American velvet worms in the Peripatidae family.[1] [2] The number of legs in this genus varies within species as well as among species and ranges from 26 pairs (in H. clarki)[3] to 32 pairs (in H. engelhardi).[4] This genus is viviparous, with mothers supplying nourishment to their embryos through a placenta.

Species

The genus contains the following two species:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Oliveira. Hering. Mayer. amp. Updated Onychophora checklist. Onychophora Website. 13 July 2016.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Zilch . Adolf . 1954 . Onychophoren aus El Salvador . Senckenbergiana Biologica . German . 35 . 147–150.

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