Peripatopsis
Peripatopsis is a genus of South African velvet worms in the Peripatopsidae family.[1][2] Velvet worms in this family feature a last pair of legs that is rudimentary or reduced in size.[3]
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| Peripatopsis capensis | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Onychophora |
| Class: | Udeonychophora |
| Order: | Euonychophora |
| Family: | Peripatopsidae |
| Genus: | Peripatopsis Pocock, 1894 |
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Species
The genus contains the following species:
- Peripatopsis alba Lawrence, 1931 — white cave velvet worm
- Peripatopsis balfouri (Sedgwick, 1885)
- Peripatopsis birgeri Ruhberg & Daniels, 2013
- Peripatopsis bolandi Daniels et al., 2013
- Peripatopsis capensis (Grube, 1866)
- Peripatopsis cederbergiensis Daniels et al., 2013
- Peripatopsis clavigera Purcell, 1899 — Knysna velvet worm
- Peripatopsis hamerae Ruhberg & Daniels, 2013
- Peripatopsis intermedia Hutchinson, 1928
- Peripatopsis janni Ruhberg & Daniels, 2013
- Peripatopsis lawrencei McDonald et al., 2012
- Peripatopsis leonina Purcell, 1899 — Lion's Hill velvet worm
- Peripatopsis moseleyi (Wood-Mason, 1879)
- Peripatopsis overbergiensis McDonald et al., 2012 — Overberg velvet worm
- Peripatopsis purpureus Daniels et al., 2013
- Peripatopsis sedgwicki Purcell, 1899
- Peripatopsis stelliporata Sherbon & Walker, 2004
- Peripatopsis storchi Ruhberg & Daniels, 2013
References
- Oliveira I. S.; Hering L.; Mayer, G. "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
- 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.
- Purcell, W.F. (1900). "On the anatomy of Opisthopatus cinctipes Purcell, with notes on other, principally South African Onychophora". Annals of the South African Museum. 2: 67–116 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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