Peripatopsis overbergiensis

Peripatopsis overbergiensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Onychophora
Class: Udeonychophora
Order: Euonychophora
Family: Peripatopsidae
Genus: Peripatopsis
Species: P. overbergiensis
Binomial name
Peripatopsis overbergiensis
McDonald et al., 2012
Synonyms
  • Peripatopsis capensis (Daniels et al., 2009)

The Overberg velvet worm (Peripatopsis overbergiensis) 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

  • Myburgh, A. M.; Daniels, S. R. (2015). "Exploring the Impact of Habitat Size on Phylogeographic Patterning in the Overberg Velvet Worm Peripatopsis overbergiensis (Onychophora: Peripatopsidae)". Journal of Heredity. 106 (3): 293–305. doi:10.1093/jhered/esv014.


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