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Eoperipatus weldoni

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Species of velvet worm

Eoperipatus weldoni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Onychophora
Family: Peripatidae
Genus: Eoperipatus
Species: E. weldoni
Binomial name
Eoperipatus weldoni
Evans, 1901

Eoperipatus weldoni is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family. This velvet worm is dark brown with pale spots and a darker line running down the middle of its back. The ventral surface is yellowish grey with small spots of brown. This species has 23 to 25 pairs of legs and can reach 65 mm in length, but the average specimen is 58 mm in length. The type locality is in West Malaysia.

References

  1. Oliveira I.; Hering L. & Mayer, G. "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  2. Evans, Richard (1901). "On two new species of Onychophora from the Siamese Malay States". Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science. 44: 473–538 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  3. 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

  • Rajulu, G. S.; Manavala (1972). "Free amino-acids in haemolymoh of Eoperipatus-weldoni (Onychophora)". Experientia. 28 (1): 87–88. doi:10.1007/bf01928280. PMID 5013072. S2CID 21417412.
  • Krishnan, G. (1970). "Chemical nature of cuticle and its mode of hardening in Eoperipatus-weldoni". Acta Histochemica. 37 (1): 1–17. PMID 4098751.
  • Rajulu, G. S. (1969). "Physiology of heart of Eoperipatus weldoni (Onychophora)". Naturwissenschaften. 56 (1): 38. Bibcode:1969NW.....56...38S. doi:10.1007/bf00599600. PMID 5358712. S2CID 40644519.
  • Evans, R. (1901). "On the Malayan species of Onychophora Part II - The development of Eoperipatus weldoni". Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science. 45 (177): 41–U26.
Onychophora
Peripatidae
Neopatida
Peripatopsidae
Uncertain
†Antennipatus
†Helenodora
†Succinipatopsis
†Tertiapatus
Taxon identifiers
Eoperipatus weldoni


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