Heteroperipatus engelhardi
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| Heteroperipatus engelhardi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Onychophora |
| Family: | Peripatidae |
| Genus: | Heteroperipatus |
| Species: | H. engelhardi |
| Binomial name | |
| Heteroperipatus engelhardi Zilch, 1954 | |
Heteroperipatus engelhardi is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family.[1] Males of this species have 27 or 28 pairs of legs; females have 31 or 32 leg pairs.[2] Females range from 24.5 mm to 52 mm in length; males range from 12 mm to 25 mm in length.[2] The type locality is in El Salvador.[3]
