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Species of velvet worm
Epiperipatus adenocryptus is a species of
velvet worm in the
Peripatidae
family .
[1] This species is brown with a series of light brown arcs on each side forming a series of circles down its dorsal surface.
[2] Males of this species have 26 or 27 pairs of legs, usually 27; females have 28 to 30, usually 29.
[2]
[3] The type locality is in
Minas Gerais, Brazil .
[4]
References
^ Oliveira I.; Hering L. & Mayer, G.
"Updated Onychophora checklist" . Onychophora Website . Retrieved 24 November 2016 .
^
a
b Oliveira, Ivo S.; Lacorte, Gustavo A.; Fonseca, Cleusa G.; Wieloch, Alfredo H.; Mayer, Georg (2011-06-10).
"Cryptic Speciation in Brazilian Epiperipatus (Onychophora: Peripatidae) Reveals an Underestimated Diversity among the Peripatid Velvet Worms" . PLOS ONE . 6 (6): e19973.
Bibcode :
2011PLoSO...619973O .
doi :
10.1371/journal.pone.0019973 .
ISSN
1932-6203 .
PMC
3112143 .
PMID
21695250 .
^ Costa, Cristiano Sampaio; Chagas-Junior, Amazonas; Pinto-da-Rocha, Ricardo (2018-10-16).
"Redescription of Epiperipatus edwardsii, and descriptions of five new species of Epiperipatus from Brazil (Onychophora: Peripatidae)" . Zoologia . 35 : 1–15.
doi :
10.3897/zoologia.35.e23366 .
ISSN
1984-4689 .
S2CID
92601575 .
^ 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.
Bibcode :
2012ZooK..211....1O .
doi :
10.3897/zookeys.211.3463 .
PMC
3426840 .
PMID
22930648 .
Epiperipatus adenocryptus