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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Onychophora |
| Family: | Peripatidae |
| Genus: | Macroperipatus Clark, 1913 |
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Macroperipatus is a genus of Neotropical velvet worms in the Peripatidae family. Velvet worms in this genus can have as few as 24 pairs of legs (in M. guianensis) or as many as 42 leg pairs (in M. torquatus). This genus is viviparous, with mothers supplying nourishment to their embryos through a placenta.
Species
The genus contains the following species:
- Macroperipatus clarki Arnett, 1961
- Macroperipatus guianensis (Evans, 1903)
- Macroperipatus insularis Clark, 1937
- Macroperipatus ohausi Bouvier, 1900
- Macroperipatus perrieri (Bouvier, 1899)
- Macroperipatus torquatus (von Kennel, 1883)
- Macroperipatus valerioi Morera-Brenes and León, 1986
Macroperipatus geayi (Bouvier, 1899) is considered a nomen dubium by Oliveira et al. 2012.
References
- 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. doi:10.3897/zookeys.211.3463. PMC 3426840. PMID 22930648.
- Monge-Nájera, Julián (1994). "Reproductive trends, habitat type and body characteristcs in velvet worms (Onychophora)". Revista de Biología Tropical: 611–622. ISSN 2215-2075.
- Read, V.M.S.J. (1988-07-01). "The Onychophora of Trinidad, Tobago and the Lesser Antilles". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 93 (3): 225–257. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1988.tb01362.x. ISSN 0024-4082.
- Mayer, Georg; Franke, Franziska Anni; Treffkorn, Sandra; Gross, Vladimir; de Sena Oliveira, Ivo (2015), Wanninger, Andreas (ed.), "Onychophora", Evolutionary Developmental Biology of Invertebrates 3, Vienna: Springer Vienna, pp. 53–98, doi:10.1007/978-3-7091-1865-8_4, ISBN 978-3-7091-1864-1, retrieved 2023-02-16
- Oliveira; et al. (2012). "A world checklist of Onychophora (velvet worms), with notes on nomenclature and status of names". ZooKeys (211): 1–70. doi:10.3897/zookeys.211.3463. PMC 3426840. PMID 22930648.
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