Peripatus solorzanoi
| Peripatus solorzanoi | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Division: | Onychophora |
| Class: | Udeonychophora |
| Order: | Euonychophora |
| Family: | Peripatidae |
| Genus: | Peripatus |
| Species: | P. solorzanoi |
| Binomial name | |
| Peripatus solorzanoi Morera-Brenes & Monge-Nájera, 2010 | |
Solórzano's velvet worm (Peripatus solorzanoi) is a Costa Rican species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family.[1][2][3]
Taxonomy
The holotype was discovered by herpetologist Alejandro Solórzano in Guayacán de Siquirres, Costa Rica, in 1996. Bernal Morera-Brenes and Julián Monge-Nájera subsequently described it in 2010. The generic name Peripatus is derived from the Ancient Greek peripatos, meaning "walking about". The specific name solorzanoi is in honour of its discoverer.[4]
Description
The body is light brown or wine red with pale yellow oncopods. Newborns are red. Males have 34 pairs of oncopods; females 39-41. This species is the largest velvet worm known, growing up to 22 cm in length.[4]
References
- ↑ Wheeler, Q. D.; Pennak, S. (2013). What on Earth?: 100 of Our Planet's Most Amazing New Species. New York, USA: Plume. p. 82-83. ISBN 978-0-698-14832-1.
- ↑ Oliveira I. S., Hering L., & Mayer, G. "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
- ↑ 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.
- 1 2 Morera-Brenes, B.; Monge-Nájera, J. (2010). "A new giant species of placented worm and the mechanism by which onychophorans weave their nets (Onychophora: Peripatidae)". Revista de Biología Tropical. 58 (4): 1127-1142. PMID 21246983.
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