Heteroperipatus engelhardi is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family.[1] Males of this species have 27 or 28 pairs of legs; females have 31 or 32 leg pairs.[2] Females range from 24.5 mm to 52 mm in length; males range from 12 mm to 25 mm in length.[2] The type locality is in El Salvador.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Onychophora |
| Family: | Peripatidae |
| Genus: | Heteroperipatus |
| Species: | H. engelhardi
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| Binomial name | |
| Heteroperipatus engelhardi Zilch, 1954
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References
edit- ^ Oliveira, I.; Hering, L. & Mayer, G. "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
- ^ a b Zilch, Adolf (1954). "Onychophoren aus El Salvador". Senckenbergiana Biologica (in German). 35: 147–150.
- ^ 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. Bibcode:2012ZooK..211....1O. doi:10.3897/zookeys.211.3463. PMC 3426840. PMID 22930648.
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