Epiperipatus acacioi
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| Epiperipatus acacioi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Onychophora |
| Family: | Peripatidae |
| Genus: | Epiperipatus |
| Species: | E. acacioi |
| Binomial name | |
| Epiperipatus acacioi (Marcus & Marcus, 1955) | |
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Epiperipatus acacioi is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family.[1] This species is dark purple with a bilaterally symmetric pattern on its dorsal surface[2] and ranges from 13 mm to 51 mm in length.[3] Males of this species have 24 to 28 pairs of legs, usually 25 or 26; females have 26 to 30, usually 27 or 28.[4][5][6][7][3] The type locality is in Minas Gerais, Brazil.[8]
