Biology:Mongeperipatus

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Short description: Genus of velvet worms

Mongeperipatus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Onychophora
Family: Peripatidae
Genus: Mongeperipatus
González et al. 2020
Species

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Mongeperipatus is a genus of velvet worms in the family Peripatidae from Costa Rica.[1] The species in this genus are notable for their large size (with the largest specimens ranging from 18 to 22 cm [7.1–8.7 in] in length) and for the degree of sexual dimorphism that they exhibit in the number of legs: females have 37 to 41 pairs, several more than the males, which have only 32 to 34 pairs.[1] This genus is viviparous, with mothers supplying nourishment to their embryos through a placenta.[2]

Species

The genus contains the following two species:

  • Mongeperipatus solorzanoi (Morera-Brenes & Monge-Nájera, 2010)
  • Mongeperipatus kekoldi González et al. 2020

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Barquero-González, Sánchez-Vargas, Morera (2020). "A new giant velvet worm from Costa Rica suggests absence of the genus Peripatus (Onychophora: Peripatidae) in Central America". Revista de Biología Tropical 68: 300–320. doi:10.15517/rbt.v68i1.37675. 
  2. Mayer, Georg; Franke, Franziska Anni; Treffkorn, Sandra; Gross, Vladimir; de Sena Oliveira, Ivo (2015), Wanninger, Andreas, ed., "Onychophora" (in en), Evolutionary Developmental Biology of Invertebrates 3 (Vienna: Springer Vienna): pp. 53–98, doi:10.1007/978-3-7091-1865-8_4, ISBN 978-3-7091-1864-1, http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-7091-1865-8_4, retrieved 2023-02-16 

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