Macroperipatus is a genus of Neotropical velvet worms in the Peripatidae family.[1] Velvet worms in this genus can have as few as 24 pairs of legs (in M. guianensis)[2] or as many as 42 leg pairs (in M. torquatus).[3] This genus is viviparous, with mothers supplying nourishment to their embryos through a placenta.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Onychophora |
| Family: | Peripatidae |
| Genus: | Macroperipatus Clark, 1913 |
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Species
editThe genus contains the following species:[5]
- Macroperipatus clarki Arnett, 1961
- Macroperipatus guianensis (Evans, 1903)
- Macroperipatus insularis Clark, 1937
- Macroperipatus ohausi Bouvier, 1900
- Macroperipatus perrieri (Bouvier, 1899)
- Macroperipatus torquatus (von Kennel, 1883)
- Macroperipatus valerioi Morera-Brenes and León, 1986
Macroperipatus geayi (Bouvier, 1899) is considered a nomen dubium by Oliveira et al. 2012.
References
edit- ^ 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. PMC 3426840. PMID 22930648.
- ^ Monge-Nájera, Julián (1994). "Reproductive trends, habitat type and body characteristcs in velvet worms (Onychophora)". Revista de Biología Tropical: 611–622. ISSN 2215-2075.
- ^ Read, V.M.S.J. (1988-07-01). "The Onychophora of Trinidad, Tobago and the Lesser Antilles". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 93 (3): 225–257. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1988.tb01362.x. ISSN 0024-4082.
- ^ Mayer, Georg; Franke, Franziska Anni; Treffkorn, Sandra; Gross, Vladimir; de Sena Oliveira, Ivo (2015), Wanninger, Andreas (ed.), "Onychophora", Evolutionary Developmental Biology of Invertebrates 3, Vienna: Springer Vienna, pp. 53–98, doi:10.1007/978-3-7091-1865-8_4, ISBN 978-3-7091-1864-1, retrieved 2023-02-16
- ^ Oliveira; et al. (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. PMC 3426840. PMID 22930648.
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