Oroperipatus lankesteri | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Onychophora |
Family: | Peripatidae |
Genus: | Oroperipatus |
Species: | O. lankesteri
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Binomial name | |
Oroperipatus lankesteri (Bouvier, 1899)
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Oroperipatus lankesteri is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family.[1] This species is brownish grey and is notable for its large size, which ranges from 32 mm up to 82 mm in length.[2][3] Females of this species have 37 or 38 pairs of legs; males have 33 to 35 pairs.[2][3] Like other neotropical peripatid velvet worms, this species is viviparous, with mothers supplying nourishment to their embryos through a placenta.[4] The type locality is in Ecuador.[5]