Peripatopsis storchi is a species of velvet worm in the family Peripatopsidae.[1] This species is a clade in the P. moseleyi species complex. The number of legs in this species ranges from 21 pregenital pairs (plus one genital pair) to 23 pregenital pairs (plus one genital pair). Males of this species range from 12 mm to 22 mm in length, and females range from 22 mm to 36 mm in length, but live animals can stretch to 50 mm while walking.[2] Also known as the Katberg velvet worm,[3] this species is known only from the Katberg forest in South Africa.[2]
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Peripatopsisstorchi is a species of velvet worm in the family Peripatopsidae. This species is a clade in the P. moseleyi species complex. The number of...
smaller. The genus Peripatopsis consists of the following species: Peripatopsis aereus Daniels & Nieto Lawrence, 2024 Peripatopsis alba Lawrence, 1931...
this species. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Peripatopsis alba. Hamer, M. 2003. Peripatopsis alba. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded...
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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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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g., Metaperipatus, Opisthopatus, Paraperipatus, Paropisthopatus, and Peripatopsis). The Peripatopsidae lack a placenta, however, which has been found in...
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