Epiperipatus marajoara
Appearance
Epiperipatus marajoara | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Onychophora |
Family: | Peripatidae |
Genus: | Epiperipatus |
Species: | E. marajoara
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Binomial name | |
Epiperipatus marajoara Costa, Chagas & Pinto-da-Rocha, 2018
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Epiperipatus marajoara is a species of velvet worm in the family Peripatidae.[1] The males of this species have 27 pairs of legs; females have 31 pairs.[1] The type locality is in Pará state in Brazil.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Costa, Cristiano Sampaio; Chagas-Junior, Amazonas; Pinto-da-Rocha, Ricardo (2018-10-16). "Redescription of Epiperipatus edwardsii, and descriptions of five new species of Epiperipatus from Brazil (Onychophora: Peripatidae)" (PDF). Zoologia. 35: 1–15. doi:10.3897/zoologia.35.e23366. ISSN 1984-4689. S2CID 92601575.