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Epiperipatus cratensis Brito, Pereira, Ferreira, Vasconscellos & Almeida 2010

Epiperipatus cratensis

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Epiperipatus cratensis is a species of velvet worm in the family Peripatidae.[1] This species varies from purple to white.[2][3] Females of this species have 33 or 34 pairs of legs; males have 30 to 33 pairs.[4] The type locality is in Ceará, Brazil.[5]

References

  1. ^ Oliveira I. S.; Hering L. & Mayer, G. "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  2. ^ Brito, Samuel; Pereira, Janaina; Ferreira, Felipe; Vasconcellos, Alexandre; Almeida, Waltécio (2010-04-30). "Epiperipatus cratensis sp. nov. (Onychophora: Peripatidae) from northeastern Brazil". Neotropical Biology and Conservation. 5 (1): 47–52. doi:10.4013/nbc.2010.51.07.
  3. ^ Oliveira, Ivo S.; Lacorte, Gustavo A.; Fonseca, Cleusa G.; Wieloch, Alfredo H.; Mayer, Georg (2011-06-10). "Cryptic Speciation in Brazilian Epiperipatus (Onychophora: Peripatidae) Reveals an Underestimated Diversity among the Peripatid Velvet Worms". PLOS ONE. 6 (6): e19973. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0019973. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 3112143. PMID 21695250.
  4. ^ 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)". Zoologia. 35: 1–15. doi:10.3897/zoologia.35.e23366. ISSN 1984-4689.
  5. ^ 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.
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Epiperipatus cratensis: Brief Summary

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Epiperipatus cratensis is a species of velvet worm in the family Peripatidae. This species varies from purple to white. Females of this species have 33 or 34 pairs of legs; males have 30 to 33 pairs. The type locality is in Ceará, Brazil.

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