Paraperipatus novaebritanniae
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| Paraperipatus novaebritanniae | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Onychophora |
| Family: | Peripatopsidae |
| Genus: | Paraperipatus |
| Species: | P. novaebritanniae |
| Binomial name | |
| Paraperipatus novaebritanniae (Willey, 1898) | |
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Paraperipatus novaebritanniae is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatopsidae family.[1] This species is black with brown-yellow spots.[2] Females of this species have 24 pairs of legs; males have 22 or 23 leg pairs.[2][3][4] Females range from 14 mm to 55 mm in length, whereas males range from 14 mm to 26 mm.[3] The type locality is in New Britain, Papua New Guinea.[5]
