Peripatopsis capensis
| Peripatopsis capensis | |
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| Illustration of leg anatomy of Peripatopsis capensis, including claws | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Division: | Onychophora |
| Class: | Udeonychophora |
| Order: | Euonychophora |
| Family: | Peripatopsidae |
| Genus: | Peripatopsis |
| Species: | P. capensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Peripatopsis capensis (Grube, 1866) | |
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Peripatopsis capensis is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatopsidae family.[1] The type locality is in South Africa.[2]
References
- ↑ Oliveira I. S., Hering L., & Mayer, G. "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 24 November 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.
Further reading
- Camatini, M.; Franci, E.; Saita, A. (1979). "Ultrastructural investigation of spermiogenesis in Peripatopsis-capensis (Onychophora)". Journal of Morphology. 159 (1): 29-47. doi:10.1002/jmor.1051590104.
- McDonald, D. E.; Daniels, S. R. (2012). "Phylogeography of the Cape velvet worm (Onychophora: Peripatopsis capensis) reveals the impact of Pliocene/Pleistocene climatic oscillations on Afromontane forest in the Western Cape, South Africa". Journal of Evolutionary Biolgoy. 25 (5): 824-835. doi:10.1111/j.1420-9101.2012.02482.x.
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