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Paraperipatus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Udeonychophora

Family
  
Peripatopsidae

Phylum
  
Onychophora

Order
  
Euonychophora

Rank
  
Genus

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Paraperipatus is a genus of velvet worms in the family Peripatopsidae. They are found in New Guinea and Maluku, Indonesia.

Species

The genus contains the following species:

  • Paraperipatus ceramensis (Muir & Kershaw, 1909)
  • Paraperipatus keiensis Horst, 1923
  • Paraperipatus novaebritanniae (Willey, 1898)
  • Paraperipatus papuensis (Sedgwick, 1910)
  • Paraperipatus lorentzi Horst 1910
  • Paraperipatus vanheurni Horst, 1922

    • Paraperipatus amboinensis Pflugfelder, 1948, Paraperipatus leopoldi Leloup 1931, Paraperipatus schultzei Heymons, 1912, and Paraperipatus stresemanni Bouvier, 1914 are considered nomina dubia by Oliveira et al., 2012.

    References

    Paraperipatus Wikipedia
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