Peripatopsis ferox is a species of velvet worm in the family Peripatopsidae.[1] This species is a clade in the P. clavigera species complex. This species has 17 pairs of legs, varies from slate black to brown, and ranges from 17 mm to 28 mm in length.[1] Also known as the Wilderness velvet worm,[2] this species has an extensive distribution across many patches of forest in Western Cape province in South Africa.[1]
^ abcBarnes, Aaron; Reiss, Till; Daniels, Savel R. (2020). "Systematics of the Peripatopsis clavigera species complex (Onychophora : Peripatopsidae) reveals cryptic cladogenic patterning, with the description of five new species". Invertebrate Systematics. 34 (6): 569–590. doi:10.1071/IS19071. ISSN 1445-5226.
Peripatopsisferox is a species of velvet worm in the family Peripatopsidae. This species is a clade in the P. clavigera species complex. This species...
this species. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Peripatopsis alba. Hamer, M. 2003. Peripatopsis alba. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded...
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length. Peripatopsis clavigera is found in subtropical or tropical moist montane forests of the Diepwalle Nature Reserve in South Africa. Peripatopsis clavigera...
Peripatopsis overbergiensis, the Overberg velvet worm, is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatopsidae family. This species usually has 19 pairs of legs:...
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collagen of an onychophoran, Peripatopsis moseleyi". Cytobiologie. 12 (3): 481–486. Robson, E. A. (1964). "Cuticle of Peripatopsis moseleyi". Quarterly Journal...
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of Knysna. He named this species Peripatopsis sedgwicki for the British zoologist Adam Sedgwick. Although Peripatopsis sedgwicki is a junior synonym of...
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g., Metaperipatus, Opisthopatus, Paraperipatus, Paropisthopatus, and Peripatopsis). The Peripatopsidae lack a placenta, however, which has been found in...
and Swansea Cave. One other troglobitic velvet worm species is known; Peripatopsis alba, from Wynberg Cave and Bats' Cave, on Table Mountain, South Africa...
In Opisthopatus genus, the last pair of legs is not reduced like in Peripatopsis genus, also found in South Africa. The males and females are similar...
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