Peripatoides

Peripatoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Onychophora
Class: Udeonychophora
Order: Euonychophora
Family: Peripatopsidae
Genus: Peripatoides
Pocock, 1894
Species

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Peripatoides is a genus of velvet worms in the Peripatopsidae family.

Species

The genus contains the following species:[1]

Peripatoides aurorbis Trewick, 1998, Peripatoides morgani Trewick, 1998, Peripatoides novaezealandiae (Hutton, 1876), and Peripatoides sympatrica Trewick, 1998 are considered nomina dubia by Oliveira et al., 2012.

References

  1. 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. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  • New Zealand Department of Conservation (2014) New Zealand peripatus/ngaokeoke: Current knowledge, conservation and future research needs. Dunedin: Department of Conservation. ISBN 978-0-478-15009-4
  • Trewick, S. A. (1998). "Sympatric cryptic species in New Zealand Onychophora". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 63: 307–329. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.1998.tb01520.x.
  • Trewick, S. A. (2000). "Mitochondrial DNA sequences support allozyme evidence for cryptic radiation of New Zealand Peripatoides". Molecular Ecology. 9: 269–281. doi:10.1046/j.1365-294x.2000.00873.x.


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