Peripatus
Peripatus is a genus of velvet worms in the Peripatidae family.[1] The name "peripatus" (unitalicized and uncapitalized) is also used to refer to the Onychophora as a whole, although this group comprises many other genera besides Peripatus. The genus Peripatus is found in Central America, the Caribbean and northern South America.[1]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Onychophora |
| Class: | Udeonychophora |
| Order: | Euonychophora |
| Family: | Peripatidae |
| Genus: | Peripatus Guilding, 1826 |
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Species
The genus contains the following species:[2][1]
- Peripatus basilensis Brues, 1935 – Haiti
- Peripatus bouvieri Fuhrmann, 1913 – Colombia
- Peripatus brolemanni Bouvier, 1899 – Venezuela
- Peripatus danicus Bouvier, 1900 – Virgin Islands
- Peripatus darlingtoni Brues, 1935 – Haiti
- Peripatus dominicae Pollard, 1894 – Dominica
- Peripatus evelinae (Marcus, 1937) – Brazil
- Peripatus haitiensis Brues, 1913 – Haiti
- Peripatus heloisae Carvalho, 1941 – Brazil
- Peripatus juanensis Bouvier, 1900 – Puerto Rico
- Peripatus juliformis Guilding, 1826 – Saint Vincent Island
- Peripatus lachauxensis Brues, 1935 – Haiti
- Peripatus manni Brues, 1913 – Haiti
- 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[3]
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References
- Oliveira; Read; Mayer (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. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
- "Updated Onychophora Checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
- Barquero-González, Sánchez-Vargas, Morera (2020). "A new giant velvet worm from Costa Rica suggests absence of the genus Peripatus (Onychophora: Peripatidae) in Central America". Revista de Biología Tropical. 68: 300–320.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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