Epiperipatus acacioi

Epiperipatus acacioi is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family.[1] The type locality is in Minas Gerais, Brazil.[2]

Epiperipatus acacioi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Onychophora
Class:
Udeonychophora
Order:
Euonychophora
Family:
Peripatidae
Genus:
Epiperipatus
Species:
E. acacioi
Binomial name
Epiperipatus acacioi
(Marcus & Marcus, 1955)
Synonyms
  • Peripatus ouropretanus (Trindade 1958)
  • Peripatus acacioi (Marcus & Marcus 1955)
  • Peripatus (Macroperipatus) acacioi (Froehlich 1968)
  • Macroperipatus acacioi (Peck 1975)

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. PMC 3426840. PMID 22930648.

Further reading
  • Lacorte, G. A.; Oliveira, I. S.; Fonseca, C. G. (2011). "Population structure and demographic inferences concerning the endangered onychophoran species Epiperipatus acacioi (Onychophora: Peripatidae)". Genetics and Molecular Research. 10 (4): 2775–2785. doi:10.4238/2011.November.9.1.


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