Plicatoperipatus

Plicatoperipatus is a monospecific genus of velvet worm containing the single species Plicatoperipatus jamaicensis.[2] It is endemic to Jamaica. The species is listed as Near Threatened by the IUCN Red List.[1]

Plicatoperipatus jamaicensis

Near Threatened  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
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Plicatoperipatus

Clark, 1913
Species:
P. jamaicensis
Binomial name
Plicatoperipatus jamaicensis
(Grabham & Cockerell, 1892)

See also

References

  1. New, T. R. 1996. Plicatoperipatus jamaicensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.2. Downloaded on 06 September 2014.
  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. PMC 3426840. PMID 22930648.

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