Macroperipatus
| Macroperipatus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Onychophora |
| Class: | Udeonychophora |
| Order: | Euonychophora |
| Family: | Peripatidae |
| Genus: | Macroperipatus Clark, 1913 |
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Macroperipatus is a genus of Neotropical velvet worms in the Peripatidae family.[1]
Species
The genus contains the following species:[2]
- Macroperipatus clarki Arnett, 1961
- Macroperipatus guianensis (Evans, 1903)
- Macroperipatus insularis Clark, 1937
- Macroperipatus ohausi Bouvier, 1900
- Macroperipatus perrieri (Bouvier, 1899)
- Macroperipatus torquatus (von Kennel, 1883)
- Macroperipatus valerioi Morera-Brenes and León, 1986
Macroperipatus geayi (Bouvier, 1899) is considered a nomen dubium by Oliveira et al. 2012.
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Oliveira et. al. "A world checklist of Onychophora (velvet worms), with notes on nomenclature and status of names". NCBI. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
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