| Heteroperipatus clarki | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Onychophora |
| Family: | Peripatidae |
| Genus: | Heteroperipatus |
| Species: | H. clarki |
| Binomial name | |
| Heteroperipatus clarki (Dunn, 1943) | |
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Heteroperipatus clarki is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family. Females of this species have 26 to 29 pairs of legs. The original description of this species is based on a female specimen measuring 100 mm in length. The type locality is in Panama.
References
- Oliveira, I.; Hering, L. & Mayer, G. "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
- Costa, Cristiano Sampaio; Giribet, Gonzalo (2021). "Panamanian velvet worms in the genus Epiperipatus , with notes on their taxonomy and distribution and the description of a new species (Onychophora, Peripatidae)". Invertebrate Biology. 140 (3). doi:10.1111/ivb.12336. ISSN 1077-8306. S2CID 236359517.
- Dunn, Emmett Reid (1943). "Zoological results of the Azuero Peninsula Panama Expedition of 1940. Part I - A new species of Peripatus". Notulae Naturae. 123: 1–5.
- 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. Bibcode:2012ZooK..211....1O. doi:10.3897/zookeys.211.3463. PMC 3426840. PMID 22930648.
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| Heteroperipatus clarki | |
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