Peripatus
Peripatus /pəˈrɪpətəs/ is a genus of velvet worms in the Peripatidae family.[1] The name "peripatus" (unitalicised and uncapitalised) is also used to refer to the Onychophora as a whole, although this group comprises many other genera besides Peripatus. The genus Peripatus is found in Central America, the Caribbean and northern South America.[1] Velvet worms in this genus can have as few as 24 or 25 pairs of legs (in P. antiguensis or P. dominicae, respectively)[2][3] or as many as 36 leg pairs (in P. evelinae).[4] This genus is viviparous, with mothers supplying nourishment to their embryos through a placenta.[5]
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Onychophora |
| Family: | Peripatidae |
| Genus: | Peripatus Guilding, 1826 |
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Species
The genus contains the following species:[6][1]
- Peripatus basilensis Brues, 1935 – Haiti
- Peripatus bouvieri Fuhrmann, 1913 – Colombia
- Peripatus brolemanni Bouvier, 1899 – Venezuela
- Peripatus danicus Bouvier, 1900 – Virgin Islands
- Peripatus darlingtoni Brues, 1935 – Haiti
- Peripatus dominicae Pollard, 1894 – Dominica
- Peripatus evelinae (Marcus, 1937) – Brazil
- Peripatus haitiensis Brues, 1913 – Haiti
- Peripatus heloisae Carvalho, 1941 – Brazil
- Peripatus juanensis Bouvier, 1900 – Puerto Rico
- Peripatus juliformis Guilding, 1826 – Saint Vincent Island
- Peripatus lachauxensis Brues, 1935 – Haiti
- Peripatus manni Brues, 1913 – Haiti
- Peripatus ruber Fuhrmann, 1913 – Costa Rica
- Peripatus sedgwicki Bouvier, 1899 – Venezuela
- Peripatus swainsonae Cockerell, 1893 – Jamaica
Peripatus antiguensis Bouvier, 1899 and Peripatus bavaysi Bouvier, 1899 are considered nomina dubia by Oliveira et al. 2012.
Former species
- Mongeperipatus solorzanoi Morera-Brenes & Monge-Nájera, 2010, Solórzano's velvet worm – Costa Rica[7]
References
- Oliveira; Read; Mayer (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. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
- Monge-Nájera, Julián (1994). "Reproductive trends, habitat type and body characteristcs in velvet worms (Onychophora)". Revista de Biología Tropical: 611–622. ISSN 2215-2075.
- Read, V. M. St. J. (July 1988). "The Onychophora of Trinidad, Tobago, and the Lesser Antilles". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 93 (3): 225–57. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1988.tb01362.x.
- Froehlich, Claudio G. (1968-03-01). "On some Brazilian Onychophores". Beitrage zur Neotropischen Fauna. 5 (3): 160–171. doi:10.1080/01650526809360404. ISSN 0005-8130.
- Mayer, Georg; Franke, Franziska Anni; Treffkorn, Sandra; Gross, Vladimir; de Sena Oliveira, Ivo (2015), Wanninger, Andreas (ed.), "Onychophora", Evolutionary Developmental Biology of Invertebrates 3, Vienna: Springer Vienna, pp. 53–98, doi:10.1007/978-3-7091-1865-8_4, ISBN 978-3-7091-1864-1, retrieved 2023-02-16
- "Updated Onychophora Checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
- Barquero-González, Sánchez-Vargas, Morera (2020). "A new giant velvet worm from Costa Rica suggests absence of the genus Peripatus (Onychophora: Peripatidae) in Central America". Revista de Biología Tropical. 68: 300–320. doi:10.15517/rbt.v68i1.37675.
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External links
- . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). 1911.