Paraperipatus lorentzi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Onychophora
Family: Peripatopsidae
Genus: Paraperipatus
Species:
P. lorentzi
Binomial name
Paraperipatus lorentzi
Horst, 1910

Paraperipatus lorentzi is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatopsidae family.[1] This species is a dark green-blue.[2][3][4] Females of this species have 22 to 28 pairs of legs;[4] males have 21 or 22 pairs of legs.[2] Whereas the original description of this species records 19 mm as the length of a male specimen,[3] females range from 33 mm to 60 mm in length.[4] The type locality is in Western New Guinea, Indonesia.[5] The validity of this species is uncertain: Although some authorities deem P. lorentzi to be a junior synonym of P. papuensis,[6][7] a similar species also found in Western New Guinea, others recognize them as two separate species.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Oliveira, I.; Hering, L. & Mayer, G. "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  2. 1 2 Ruhberg, Hilke (1985). Die Peripatopsidae (Onychophora) : Systematik, Ökologie, Chorologie und phylogenetische Aspekte (in German). Stuttgart: E. Schweizerbart. ISBN 3-510-55023-4. OCLC 14872354.
  3. 1 2 Horst, R. (1910-01-01). "Paraperipatus Lorentzi Horst, a new Peripatus from Dutch New Guinea". Notes from the Leyden Museum. 32 (4): 217–218. ISSN 1872-9231 – via Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
  4. 1 2 3 Leloup, E. (1931). "Paraperipatus leopoldi nov. nom.". Résultats scientifiques du voyage aux Indes orientales néerlandaises de LL. AA. RR. le prince et la princesse Léopold de Belgique (PDF) (in French). Vol. 2. Bruxelles: Musée royale d'histoire naturelle de Belgique. pp. 1–14.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  5. 1 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.
  6. ↑ Ruhberg, Hilke (1985). Die Peripatopsidae (Onychophora) : Systematik, Ökologie, Chorologie und phylogenetische Aspekte (in German). Stuttgart: E. Schweizerbart. ISBN 3-510-55023-4. OCLC 14872354.
  7. ↑ Lande, Virginia M. (1991). "Native and introduced Onychophora in Singapore". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 102 (2): 101–114. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1991.tb00284.x.


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