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Species of velvet worm

Epiperipatus acacioi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Onychophora
Family: Peripatidae
Genus: Epiperipatus
Species: E. acacioi
Binomial name
Epiperipatus acacioi
(Marcus & Marcus, 1955)
Synonyms
  • Peripatus ouropretanus (Trindade 1958)
  • Peripatus acacioi (Marcus & Marcus 1955)
  • Peripatus (Macroperipatus) acacioi (Froehlich 1968)
  • Macroperipatus acacioi (Peck 1975)

Epiperipatus acacioi is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family. This species is dark purple with a bilaterally symmetric pattern on its dorsal surface and ranges from 13 mm to 47 mm in length. Males of this species have 24 to 27 pairs of legs, usually 25 or 26; females have 26 to 30, usually 27 or 28. The type locality is in Minas Gerais, Brazil.

References

  1. Oliveira I. S.; Hering L. & Mayer, G. "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  2. 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. 6 (6): e19973. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0019973. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 3112143. PMID 21695250.
  3. ^ De Sena Oliveira, Ivo; Wieloch, Alfredo Hannemann; Mayer, Georg (2010-06-03). "Revised taxonomy and redescription of two species of the Peripatidae (Onychophora) from Brazil: a step towards consistent terminology of morphological characters". Zootaxa. 2493 (1): 16. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2493.1.2. ISSN 1175-5334 – via ResearchGate.
  4. Monge-Nájera, Julián (1994). "Reproductive trends, habitat type and body characteristics in velvet worms (Onychophora)". Revista de Biología Tropical. 42 (3): 611–622. ISSN 2215-2075.
  5. Lavallard, Roger; Campiglia, Sylvia (1973-12-16). "Contribution a la biologie de Peripatus acacioi Marcus et Marcus. I. Pourcentage des sexes et variations du nombre des Lobopodes dans un echantillonnage de plusieurs centaines d'individus". Boletim de Zoologia e Biologia Marinha (in French). 30 (30): 483–498. doi:10.11606/issn.2526-3366.bzbm.1973.121342. ISSN 2526-3366.
  6. Campiglia, Sylvia; Lavallard, Roger (1973-12-16). "Contribution a la biologie de Peripatus acacioi Marcus et Marcus. II. Variations du poids des animaus en fonction du sexe et du nombre des Lobopodes". Boletim de Zoologia e Biologia Marinha (in French). 30 (30): 499–512. doi:10.11606/issn.2526-3366.bzbm.1973.121343. ISSN 2526-3366.
  7. Oliveira, I. S.; Read, V. M. S. J.; Mayer, G. (2012). "A world checklist of Onychophora (velvet worms), with notes on nomenclature and status of names". ZooKeys (211): 1–70. Bibcode:2012ZooK..211....1O. doi:10.3897/zookeys.211.3463. PMC 3426840. PMID 22930648.

Further reading

Onychophora
Peripatidae
Neopatida
Peripatopsidae
Uncertain
†Antennipatus
†Helenodora
†Succinipatopsis
†Tertiapatus
Taxon identifiers
Epiperipatus acacioi
Macroperipatus acacioi


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