Peripatopsis lawrencei
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Onychophora |
| Family: | Peripatopsidae |
| Genus: | Peripatopsis |
| Species: | P. lawrencei
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| Binomial name | |
| Peripatopsis lawrencei McDonald et al., 2012
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Peripatopsis lawrencei is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatopsidae family.[1] This species has 17 pairs of legs, with the last pair reduced in size but featuring two claws on each leg.[2] This species is restricted to the Theewaterskloof-Overstrand region of South Africa.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ Oliveira, I. S.; Hering, L. & Mayer, G. "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
- ^ Lawrence, Julian A. Nieto; Daniels, Savel R. (2024-02-07). "Sample design in biodiversity studies matters: a fine-scale study of Lawrence's velvet worm, Peripatopsis lawrencei (Onychophora: Peripatopsidae), reveals hidden diversity". Invertebrate Systematics. 38 (2): 8, 17–19. doi:10.1071/IS23051. ISSN 1447-2600.
- ^ McDonald, Dane E.; Ruhberg, Hilke; Daniels, Savel R. (2012-07-05). "Two new Peripatopsis species (Onychophora: Peripatopsidae) from the Western Cape province, South Africa". Zootaxa. 3380 (1): 55–68. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3380.1.4. ISSN 1175-5334 – via ResearchGate.
- ^ 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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