Mongeperipatus kekoldi

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Mongeperipatus kekoldi
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Onychophora
Class: Udeonychophora
Order: Euonychophora
Family: Peripatidae
Genus: Mongeperipatus
Species:
M. kekoldi
Binomial name
Mongeperipatus kekoldi
Barquero-González et al. 2020

Mongeperipatus kekoldi is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family. Males of this species have 32 or 33 pairs of legs; females have 37 to 39. This species was discovered in Costa Rica.[1]

References

  1. ^ Barquero-González, Sánchez-Vargas, Morera (2020). "A new giant velvet worm from Costa Rica suggests absence of the genus Peripatus (Onychophora: Peripatidae) in Central America". Revista de Biología Tropical. 68: 300–320. doi:10.15517/rbt.v68i1.37675.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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