Epiperipatus machadoi
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| Epiperipatus machadoi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Onychophora |
| Family: | Peripatidae |
| Genus: | Epiperipatus |
| Species: | E. machadoi |
| Binomial name | |
| Epiperipatus machadoi (Oliveira & Wieloch, 2005) | |
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Epiperipatus machadoi is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family.[1] This species is dark brown with a series of light brown arcs on each side forming circles down its back[2] and ranges from 20 mm to 66 mm in length.[3] Males of this species have 27 to 29 pairs of legs, usually 28; females have 28 to 31, usually 31.[3][4] The type locality is in Minas Gerais, Brazil.[5]
