Peripatus evelinae
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| Peripatus evelinae | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Onychophora |
| Family: | Peripatidae |
| Genus: | Peripatus |
| Species: | P. evelinae |
| Binomial name | |
| Peripatus evelinae (Marcus, 1937) | |
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Peripatus evelinae is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family.[1] The male of this species has 33 pairs of legs; females have 35 or 36 leg pairs.[2] This species has more legs than any other species of Peripatus; the females of the other species have at most 34 leg pairs, and the males have at most 32.[2] The original description of P. evelinae was based on two specimens and reported females with 32 and 34 leg pairs,[3] but another examination of these specimens revealed a male with 33 leg pairs and a female with 35 leg pairs instead[4] as well as numerous embryos, including females with 35 and 36 leg pairs.[2] The male specimen is 44 mm long; the female is 65 mm long.[2] The type locality is in Goiás, Brazil.[5]
