Paraperipatus vanheurni
| Paraperipatus vanheurni | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Onychophora |
| Family: | Peripatopsidae |
| Genus: | Paraperipatus |
| Species: | P. vanheurni
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| Binomial name | |
| Paraperipatus vanheurni Horst, 1922
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Paraperipatus vanheurni is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatopsidae family.[1] This species ranges from pale blue or lilac to dark purple in color.[2][3] Females of this species have 25 to 27 pairs of legs; males have 21[2][4] (or 22, counting a rudimentary last pair without feet[5]). This species ranges from 15 mm to 60 mm in length.[4][3] The type locality is in Western New Guinea, Indonesia.[6]
References
- ^ Oliveira, I.; Hering, L. & Mayer, G. "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
- ^ OCLC 14872354.
- ^ a b Leloup, E. (1931). "Paraperipatus leopoldi nov. nom.". Résultats scientifiques du voyage aux Indes orientales néerlandaises de LL. AA. RR. le prince et la princesse Léopold de Belgique (PDF) (in French). Vol. 2. Bruxelles: Musée royale d'histoire naturelle de Belgique. pp. 1–14.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ ISSN 2215-2075.
- ^ Hortst, R. (1922). "Paraperipatus vanheurni n. sp". Zoologische Mededelingen. 7 (8): 113–114 – via Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
- PMID 22930648.
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