Epiperipatus evansi
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| Epiperipatus evansi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Onychophora |
| Family: | Peripatidae |
| Genus: | Epiperipatus |
| Species: | E. evansi |
| Binomial name | |
| Epiperipatus evansi (Bouvier, 1904) | |
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Epiperipatus evansi is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family.[1] This species is a purplish dark brown with a series of bright triangles on each side forming a series of diamonds down its back.[2] Females of this species have 28 pairs of legs[2] and range from 32 mm to 58 mm in length.[3] The type locality is in Guyana.[4]
