Epiperipatus

Epiperipatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Onychophora
Class: Udeonychophora
Order: Euonychophora
Family: Peripatidae
Genus: Epiperipatus
Clark, 1913
Species

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Epiperipatus is a genus of Neotropical velvet worms in the Peripatidae family.[1][2] The genus includes Epiperipatus imthurni, the only velvet worm known to lack males and instead reproduce via parthenogenesis.[3]

Species

The genus contains the following sixteen species:

Epiperipatus nicaraguensis (Bouvier, 1900) and Epiperipatus tucupi (Froehlich, 1968) are considered nomina dubia by Oliveira et al. 2012.

References

  1. Oliveira, Hering, & Mayer. "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  2. 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.
  3. Read, V. M. St. J. (July 1988). "The Onychophora of Trinidad, Tobago, and the Lesser Antilles". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 93 (3): 225–57. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1988.tb01362.x.


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