Eoperipatus horsti | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Onychophora |
Family: | Peripatidae |
Genus: | Eoperipatus |
Species: | E. horsti
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Binomial name | |
Eoperipatus horsti Evans, 1901
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Eoperipatus horsti is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family. [1] This species is brown with pale spots and a darker line running down the middle of its back. [2] Females of this species have 24 or 25 pairs of legs; males have 23 or 24, usually 23. [3] [2] [4] The males of this species can reach 40 mm in length, and the females can reach 46 mm in length, but the average specimen is 34 mm in length. [2] The type locality is in West Malaysia. [5]
Eoperipatus horsti | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Onychophora |
Family: | Peripatidae |
Genus: | Eoperipatus |
Species: | E. horsti
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Binomial name | |
Eoperipatus horsti Evans, 1901
|
Eoperipatus horsti is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family. [1] This species is brown with pale spots and a darker line running down the middle of its back. [2] Females of this species have 24 or 25 pairs of legs; males have 23 or 24, usually 23. [3] [2] [4] The males of this species can reach 40 mm in length, and the females can reach 46 mm in length, but the average specimen is 34 mm in length. [2] The type locality is in West Malaysia. [5]