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Peripatopsis
Sign in to savePeripatopsis is a genus of velvet worms in the Peripatopsidae family. These velvet worms are found in the KwaZulu-Natal, Western Cape, and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa. This genus was proposed by the British zoologist Reginald I. Pocock in 1894 with Peripatopsis capensis designated as the type species.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 4
- With media
- 7
- Family
- Peripatopsidae
- Collections
- SAM, YPM, UMZC
- Recorded in
- South Africa, Costa Rica, N.S.W. [Australia]
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Peripatopsidae
- Image
- Peripatopsis capensis Leg anatomy IMG 0783a.JPG
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- taxon name
- Peripatopsis
- taxon rank
- genus
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- Peripatopsis capensis
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Peripatopsis is a genus of velvet worms in the Peripatopsidae family. These velvet worms are found in the KwaZulu-Natal, Western Cape, and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa. This genus was proposed by the British zoologist Reginald I. Pocock in 1894 with Peripatopsis capensis designated as the type species.
== Description == The number of legs in this genus ranges from as few as 16 pairs (e.g., in P. clavigera) to as many as 25 pairs (in P. moseleyi) and can vary within species. Velvet worms in this genus feature a last pair of legs (the genital pair) that is rudimentary or reduced in size, mainly in males. The feet in this genus feature three distal papillae: two anterior and one posterior. The gonopore in the male is cross-shaped but in the female takes the form of a longitudinal slit.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Peripatopsis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.