Paraperipatus novaebritanniae
Paraperipatus novaebritanniae is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatopsidae family.[1] This species is blackish with brownish spots.[2] Females of this species have 23 or 24 pairs of legs;[3] males have 22 or 23.[4][2] Females range from 14 mm to 55 mm in length, whereas males range from 14 mm to 26 mm.[4] The type locality is in New Britain, Papua New Guinea.[5]
| Paraperipatus novaebritanniae | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Onychophora |
| Class: | Udeonychophora |
| Order: | Euonychophora |
| Family: | Peripatopsidae |
| Genus: | Paraperipatus |
| Species: | P. novaebritanniae |
| Binomial name | |
| Paraperipatus novaebritanniae (Willey, 1898) | |
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References
- Oliveira, I.; Hering, L. & Mayer, G. "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
- 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) - Bouvier, E.-L. (1914). "Un nouveau Paraperipatus de Céram". Bulletin du Museum National d’Historie Naturelle (in French). 20: 222–226 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- Monge-Nájera, Julián (1994). "Reproductive trends, habitat type and body characteristcs in velvet worms (Onychophora)". Revista de Biología Tropical: 611–622. ISSN 2215-2075.
- 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.
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