Macroperipatus insularis

Macroperipatus insularis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Onychophora
Class: Udeonychophora
Order: Euonychophora
Family: Peripatidae
Genus: Macroperipatus
Species: M. insularis
Binomial name
Macroperipatus insularis
Clark, 1937
Synonyms
  • Macroperipatus insularis insularis (Peck, 1975)

Macroperipatus insularis is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family. It may be found in Jamaica, Hispaniola, or Haiti.[2][3] The species is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 New, T.R. 1996. Macroperipatus insularis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 5 August 2007.
  2. Daniel E. Perez-Gelabert (2008) Arthropods of Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti): A checklist and bibliography. Zootaxa 1831: 1-530
  3. 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.


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