Epiperipatus brasiliensis
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| Epiperipatus brasiliensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Onychophora |
| Family: | Peripatidae |
| Genus: | Epiperipatus |
| Species: | E. brasiliensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Epiperipatus brasiliensis (Bouvier, 1899) | |
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Epiperipatus brasiliensis is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family.[1] Males of this species have 29 pairs of legs;[2] females have 31 or 33.[3] This species ranges from 22 mm to 80 mm in length.[4][5] The type locality is in Pará, Brazil.[6] Epiperipatus vagans from Barro Colorado Island (Panama) was originally described as subspecies of Epiperipatus brasiliensis, but is now treated as a full species.[6]
