Peripatus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Onychophora |
| Family: | Peripatidae |
| Genus: | Peripatus Guilding, 1826 |
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Peripatus viviparous, with mothers supplying nourishment to their embryos through a placenta.[5]
Species
The genus contains the following species:[6][1]
- Peripatus basilensis Brues, 1935 – Hispaniola (Haiti, Dominican Republic)
- Peripatus bouvieri Fuhrmann, 1913 – Colombia
- Peripatus brolemanni Bouvier, 1899 – Venezuela
- Peripatus danicus Bouvier, 1900 – Virgin Islands
- Peripatus darlingtoni Brues, 1935 – Hispaniola
- Peripatus dominicae Pollard, 1894 – Dominica
- Peripatus evelinae (Marcus, 1937) – Brazil
- Peripatus haitiensis Brues, 1913 – Hispaniola
- Peripatus heloisae Carvalho, 1941 – Brazil
- Peripatus juanensis Bouvier, 1900 – Puerto Rico
- Saint Vincent Island
- Peripatus lachauxensis Brues, 1935 – Hispaniola
- Peripatus manni Brues, 1913 – Hispaniola
- Peripatus ruber Fuhrmann, 1913 – Costa Rica
- Peripatus sedgwicki Bouvier, 1899 – Venezuela
- Peripatus swainsonae Cockerell, 1893 – Jamaica
Peripatus antiguensis Bouvier, 1899 and Peripatus bavaysi Bouvier, 1899 are considered nomina dubia by Oliveira et al. 2012.
Former species
- Mongeperipatus solorzanoi Morera-Brenes & Monge-Nájera, 2010, Solórzano's velvet worm – Costa Rica[7]
References
- ^ PMID 22930648. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
- ISSN 2215-2075.
- .
- ISSN 0005-8130.
- ISBN 978-3-7091-1864-1, retrieved 2023-02-16
- ^ "Updated Onychophora Checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
- doi:10.15517/rbt.v68i1.37675.)
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External links
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- . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). 1911.