Euperipatoides kanangrensis
Species of Peripatopsid velvet worm
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Euperipatoides kanangrensis is a species of velvet worm of the family Peripatopsidae, described in 1996 from specimens collected in Kanangra-Boyd National Park, New South Wales. This species has 15 pairs of legs in both sexes.[1] It is endemic to Australia. The embryonic development of Euperipatoides kanangrensis has been described.[2][3] This species is viviparous.[4] This species is used as model organism for the last common ancestor of the Panarthropoda. It resembles fossil Cambrian lobopodians.[5]
| Euperipatoides kanangrensis | |
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| On a eucalyptus log in which it normally resides in Australia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Onychophora |
| Family: | Peripatopsidae |
| Genus: | Euperipatoides |
| Species: | E. kanangrensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Euperipatoides kanangrensis (Reid, 1996) | |
