Paraperipatus lorentzi
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| Paraperipatus lorentzi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Onychophora |
| Family: | Peripatopsidae |
| Genus: | Paraperipatus |
| Species: | P. lorentzi |
| Binomial name | |
| Paraperipatus lorentzi Horst, 1910 | |
Paraperipatus lorentzi is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatopsidae family.[1] This species is a dark green-blue.[2][3][4] Females of this species have 22 to 28 pairs of legs;[4] males have 21 or 22 pairs of legs.[2] Whereas the original description of this species records 19 mm as the length of a male specimen,[3] females range from 33 mm to 60 mm in length.[4] The type locality is in Western New Guinea, Indonesia.[5] The validity of this species is uncertain: Although some authorities deem P. lorentzi to be a junior synonym of P. papuensis,[2][6] a similar species also found in Western New Guinea, others recognize them as two separate species.[5]
