Euperipatoides leuckartii (original) (raw)

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Species of velvet worm

Euperipatoides leuckartii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Onychophora
Family: Peripatopsidae
Genus: Euperipatoides
Species: E. leuckartii
Binomial name
Euperipatoides leuckartii(Sänger, 1871)
Synonyms
Peripatus leuckartii (Sänger, 1871) Peripatus leuckarti var. orientalis (Fletcher, 1895) Peripatus orientalis (Bouvier, 1902) Peripatoides leuckarti (Bouvier, 1907) Ooperipatus leuckarti (Baehr, 1977)

Euperipatoides leuckartii[a] is a species of velvet worm in the family Peripatopsidae.[1] This species is ovoviviparous and has 15 pairs of oncopods (legs).[2] Females of this species range from 5 mm to 40 mm in length, whereas males range from 4 mm to 29 mm.[2] The type locality of this species is Mount Tomah, New South Wales, Australia.[3]

  1. ^ often misspelt as leuckarti

  2. ^ Oliveira, I.; Hering, L. & Mayer, G. "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 24 November 2016.

  3. ^ 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.

  4. ^ 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.