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Peripatopsis mira

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Species of velvet worm

Peripatopsis mira
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Onychophora
Family: Peripatopsidae
Genus: Peripatopsis
Species: P. mira
Binomial name
Peripatopsis mira
Barnes, Reiss & Daniels, 2020

Peripatopsis mira is a species of velvet worm in the family Peripatopsidae. This species is a clade in the P. clavigera species complex. This species has 17 pairs of legs, varies from slate black to charcoal, and is found on the south-facing slope of the Outeniqua mountain range in Western Cape province in South Africa.

References

  1. ^ Barnes, 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.
Onychophora
Peripatidae
Neopatida
Peripatopsidae
Uncertain
Antennipatus
Helenodora
Succinipatopsis
Tertiapatus
Taxon identifiers
Peripatopsis mira


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