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Peripatus sedgwicki
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Onychophora
Family: Peripatidae
Genus: Peripatus
Species:
P. sedgwicki
Binomial name
Peripatus sedgwicki
Bouvier, 1899

Peripatus sedgwicki is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family.[1] Females of this species have 29 to 32 pairs of legs; males have 28 to 30.[2] Females range from 25 mm to 60 mm in length, while males range from 23 mm to 30 mm.[2] The type locality is in Venezuela.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Oliveira, I.; Hering, L. & Mayer, G. "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.


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