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Peripatopsis alba Lawrence, 1931

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Onychophora
family
Peripatopsidae
genus
Peripatopsis
species
Peripatopsis alba

Name

Homonyms
Peripatopsis alba Lawrence, 1931
Common names
Cave velvet worm in English
Grotfluweelwurm in Afrikaans
White velvet worm in English
white cave velvet worm in English
white cave velvet worm in English
white cave velvet worm in English
white cave velvet worm in English
White Cave Velvet Worm in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Hamer, M. L., M. J. Samways, and H. Ruhberg, 1997: A review of the Onychophora of South Africa, with discussion of their conservation. Annales of the Natal Museum, vol. 38. 283-312.
  2. Oliveira, Ivo de Sena, 2023: An updated world checklist of velvet worms (Onychophora) with notes on nomenclature and status of names. ZooKeys, vol. 1184. 133-260.
  3. Oliveira, Ivo de Sena, V. Morley St. J. Read, and Georg Mayer, 2012: A world checklist of Onychophora (velvet worms), with notes on nomenclature and status of names. ZooKeys, vol. 211. 1-70.
  4. Sherbon, Beverley J., and Muriel H. Walker, 2004: A new species of Peripatopsis from South Africa, P. stelliporata, with observations on embryonic development and sperm degradation (Onychophora, Peripatopsidae). Journal of Zoology, vol. 264, no. 4. 295-305.
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