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Paraperipatus papuensis

Summary

Paraperipatus papuensis is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatopsidae family.[1] This species is a pale greenish blue.[2] Females of this species may have as few as 21 pairs of legs or as many as 29 pairs, exhibiting the greatest intraspecific variation in leg number found in any peripatopsid species.[3] Males of this species range from 21 to 27 leg pairs.[4][5] The maximum number of leg pairs recorded in this species (29)[6] is also the maximum number of leg pairs found in the family Peripatopsidae.[7][8] Females range from 22 mm to 83 mm in length, whereas males range from 19 mm to 45 mm.[5] The type locality is in Western New Guinea, Indonesia.[9]

Paraperipatus papuensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Onychophora
Family: Peripatopsidae
Genus: Paraperipatus
Species:
P. papuensis
Binomial name
Paraperipatus papuensis
(Sedgwick, 1910)
Synonyms
  • Peripatus papuensis Sedgwick, 1910

References edit

  1. ^ Oliveira, I.; Hering, L. & Mayer, G. "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  2. ^ Leloup, E. (1931). "Paraperipatus leopoldi nov. nom.". Résultats scientifiques du voyage aux Indes orientales néerlandaises de LL. AA. RR. le prince et la princesse Léopold de Belgique (PDF) (in French). Vol. 2. Bruxelles: Musée royale d'histoire naturelle de Belgique. pp. 1–14.
  3. ^ Lande, Virginia M. (1991). "Native and introduced Onychophora in Singapore". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 102 (2): 101–114. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1991.tb00284.x.
  4. ^ Ruhberg, Hilke (1985). Die Peripatopsidae (Onychophora) : Systematik, Ökologie, Chorologie und phylogenetische Aspekte (in German). Stuttgart: E. Schweizerbart. ISBN 3-510-55023-4. OCLC 14872354.
  5. ^ a b Monge-Nájera, Julián (1994). "Reproductive trends, habitat type and body characteristcs in velvet worms (Onychophora)". Revista de Biología Tropical. 42 (3): 611–622. ISSN 2215-2075.
  6. ^ Sedgwick, A. (1910). "Peripatus papuensis". Nature. 83 (2117): 369–370. Bibcode:1910Natur..83..369S. doi:10.1038/083369b0. ISSN 1476-4687. S2CID 45711430.
  7. ^ Giribet, Gonzalo; Edgecombe, Gregory D. (2020-03-03). 30. Onychophora. Princeton University Press. doi:10.1515/9780691197067-032. ISBN 978-0-691-19706-7. S2CID 240645062.
  8. ^ Mayer, Georg (2007-04-05). "Metaperipatus inae sp. nov. (Onychophora: Peripatopsidae) from Chile with a novel ovarian type and dermal insemination". Zootaxa. 1440 (1): 21–37. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1440.1.2. ISSN 1175-5334 – via ResearchGate.
  9. ^ 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 edit

  • Sedgwick, A. (1910). "Peripatus papuensis". Nature. 83 (2117): 369–370. Bibcode:1910Natur..83..369S. doi:10.1038/083369b0. S2CID 45711430.