Paraperipatus ceramensis

Paraperipatus ceramensis is a species of velvet worm in the family Peripatopsidae.[1] This species is grey-green with rust speckles.[2] Females of this species have 21 or 22 pairs of legs (usually 21) and range from 13 mm to 55 mm in length.[2][3][4][5] The type locality is in Seram, Indonesia.[6]

Paraperipatus ceramensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Onychophora
Family: Peripatopsidae
Genus: Paraperipatus
Species:
P. ceramensis
Binomial name
Paraperipatus ceramensis
(Muir & Kershaw, 1909)
Synonyms
  • Peripatus ceramensis Muir & Kershaw, 1909

References
  1. Oliveira, I.; Hering, L. & Mayer, G. "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  2. Ruhberg, Hilke (1985). Die Peripatopsidae (Onychophora) : Systematik, Ökologie, Chorologie und phylogenetische Aspekte (in German). Stuttgart: E. Schweizerbart. ISBN 3-510-55023-4. OCLC 14872354.
  3. Muir, F.; Kershaw, J.C. (1909). "Peripatus ceramensis, n. sp". Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science. 53: 737–740 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  4. Leloup, E. (1931). "Paraperipatus leopoldi nov. nom.". Résultats scientifiques du voyage aux Indes orientales néerlandaises de LL. AA. RR. le prince et la princesse Léopold de Belgique (PDF) (in French). Vol. 2. Bruxelles: Musée royale d'histoire naturelle de Belgique. pp. 1–14.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  5. Monge-Nájera, Julián (1994). "Reproductive trends, habitat type and body characteristcs in velvet worms (Onychophora)". Revista de Biología Tropical: 611–622. ISSN 2215-2075.
  6. 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
  • Muir, F.; Kershaw, J. C. (1909). "Peripatus ceramensis, n sp". Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science. 53 (212): 737–U28.


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