Peripatopsis capensis

Peripatopsis capensis
Illustration of leg anatomy of Peripatopsis capensis, including claws
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Onychophora
Class: Udeonychophora
Order: Euonychophora
Family: Peripatopsidae
Genus: Peripatopsis
Species: P. capensis
Binomial name
Peripatopsis capensis
(Grube, 1866)
Synonyms
  • Peripatus capensis (Grube, 1866)

Peripatopsis capensis is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatopsidae family.[1] The type locality is in South Africa.[2]

References

  1. Oliveira, I. S.; Hering, L. & Mayer, G. "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  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.

Further reading

  • Camatini, M.; Franci, E.; Saita, A. (1979). "Ultrastructural investigation of spermiogenesis in Peripatopsis-capensis (Onychophora)". Journal of Morphology. 159 (1): 29–47. doi:10.1002/jmor.1051590104.
  • McDonald, D. E.; Daniels, S. R. (2012). "Phylogeography of the Cape velvet worm (Onychophora: Peripatopsis capensis) reveals the impact of Pliocene/Pleistocene climatic oscillations on Afromontane forest in the Western Cape, South Africa". Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 25 (5): 824–835. doi:10.1111/j.1420-9101.2012.02482.x.


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