Peripatopsis capensis

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Peripatopsis capensis - Wikipedia

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Peripatopsis capensis

Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Onychophora
Family:	Peripatopsidae
Genus:	Peripatopsis
Species:	P. capensis
Binomial name
*Peripatopsis capensis* (Grube, 1866)
Synonyms
Peripatus capensis (Grube, 1866)

Peripatopsis capensis is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatopsidae family.^[1] This species has 18 pairs of legs: 17 pregenital leg pairs with claws plus one strongly reduced last pair without claws or spinous pads.^[2]^[3] Females of this species range from 9 mm to 70 mm in length, whereas males range from 6 mm to 54 mm.^[4] The native range of this species is limited to the Cape Peninsula of South Africa.^[2]^[5]

Introduced distribution

Outside of its native range in South Africa, this species has also been found on Santa Cruz Island in the Galapagos Islands, thought to be an accidental human-mediated introduction. Santa Cruz Island also has one or more native species of velvet worms in the family Peripatidae.^[6]

References

^ Oliveira, I. S.; Hering, L. & Mayer, G. "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
^ ^a ^b McDonald, Dane E.; Ruhberg, Hilke; Daniels, Savel R. (2012-07-05). "Two new Peripatopsis species (Onychophora: Peripatopsidae) from the Western Cape province, South Africa". Zootaxa. 3380 (1): 55–68. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3380.1.4. ISSN 1175-5334 – via ResearchGate.
^ Purcell, W.F. (1899). "On the South African species of Peripatidae in the collection of the South African Museum". Annals of the South African Museum. 1: 331–351 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
^ Monge-Nájera, Julián (1994). "Reproductive trends, habitat type and body characteristcs in velvet worms (Onychophora)". Revista de Biología Tropical. 42 (3): 611–622. ISSN 2215-2075.
^ Oliveira, I. S.; Read, V. M. S. J.; Mayer, G. (2012). "A world checklist of Onychophora (velvet worms), with notes on nomenclature and status of names". ZooKeys (211): 1–70. Bibcode:2012ZooK..211....1O. doi:10.3897/zookeys.211.3463. PMC 3426840. PMID 22930648.
^ Espinasa, Luis; Garvey, Radha; Espinasa, Jordi; Fratto, Christina; Taylor, Steven; Toulkeridis, Theofilos; Addison, Aaron (2015-01-21). "Cave dwelling Onychophora from a Lava Tube in the Galapagos". Subterranean Biology. 15: 1–10. doi:10.3897/subtbiol.15.8468.

Camatini, M.; Franci, E.; Saita, A. (1979). "Ultrastructural investigation of spermiogenesis in Peripatopsis-capensis (Onychophora)". Journal of Morphology. 159 (1): 29–47. doi:10.1002/jmor.1051590104. PMID 30213150. S2CID 52269962.
McDonald, D. E.; Daniels, S. R. (2012). "Phylogeography of the Cape velvet worm (Onychophora: Peripatopsis capensis) reveals the impact of Pliocene/Pleistocene climatic oscillations on Afromontane forest in the Western Cape, South Africa". Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 25 (5): 824–835. doi:10.1111/j.1420-9101.2012.02482.x. PMID 22409213.

Onychophora

Peripatidae

†Cretoperipatus
Eoperipatus
- butleri
- horsti
- totoro
- weldoni
Mesoperipatus
Typhloperipatus

Neopatida

Cerradopatus
Epiperipatus
- acacioi
- adenocryptus
- barbadensis
- barbouri
- beckeri
- bernali
- betheli
- biolleyi
- brasiliensis
- broadwayi
- cratensis
- diadenoproctus
- edwardsii
- evansi
- hikae
- hyperbolicus
- imthurni
- isthmicola
- lewisi
- lucerna
- machadoi
- marajoara
- ohausi
- paurognostus
- puri
- simoni
- titanicus
- torrealbai
- trinidadensis
- vagans
- vespucci
Heteroperipatus
- clarki
- engelhardi
Macroperipatus
- clarki
- guianensis
- insularis
- ohausi
- perrieri
- torquatus
- valerioi
Mongeperipatus
- kekoldi
- solorzanoi
Oroperipatus
- belzani
- belli
- bimbergi
- bluntschli
- cameranoi
- corradoi
- ecuadoriensis
- eisenii
- intermedius
- koepckei
- lankesteri
- multipodes
- omeyrus
- peruvianus
- soratanus
- tiputini
- tuberculatus
- weyrauchi
Peripatus
- basilensis
- bouvieri
- brolemanni
- danicus
- darlingtoni
- dominicae
- evelinae
- haitiensis
- heloisae
- juanensis
- juliformis
- lachauxensis
- manni
- ruber
- sedgwicki
- swainsonae
Principapillatus
Plicatoperipatus
Speleoperipatus

Peripatopsidae

Acanthokara
Aethrikos
Aktinothele
Anoplokaros
Austroperipatus
- aequabilis
- eridelos
- paradoxus
- superbus
Baeothele
Centrorumis
Cephalofovea
- cameroni
- clandestina
- pavimenta
- tomahmontis
Critolaus
Dactylothele
Diemenipatus
- mesibovi
- taiti
Dystactotylos
Euperipatoides
- kanangrensis
- leuckartii
- rowelli
Florelliceps
Hylonomoipos
- akares
- brookensis
Konothele
Kumbadjena
- extrema
- kaata
- karricola
- occidentalis
- shannonensis
- toolbrunupensis
Lathropatus
Leucopatus
Leuropezos
Mantonipatus
Metaperipatus
Minyplanetes
Nodocapitus
- barryi
- formosus
- inornatus
Occiperipatoides
Ooperipatellus
- decoratus
- duwilensis
- insignis
- nanus
- nickmayeri
- parvus
- spenceri
- viridimaculatus
Ooperipatus
- birrgus
- caesius
- centunculus
- costatus
- hispidus
- lepidus
- nebulosus
- oviparus
- porcatus
- pulchellus
- silvanus
Opisthopatus
- amatolensis
- amaxhosa
- baziya
- camdebooi
- cinctipes
- drakensbergi
- herbertorum
- highveldi
- kwazululandi
- laevis
- natalensis
- roseus
- swatii
Paraperipatus
- ceramensis
- keiensis
- novaebritanniae
- papuensis
- lorentzi
- vanheurni
Paropisthopatus
Peripatoides
- aurorbis
- indigo
- kawekaensis
- morganae
- novaezealandiae
- otepoti
- suteri
- sympatrica
- taitonga
- waikaia
Peripatopsis
- aereus
- alba
- balfouri
- birgeri
- bolandi
- capensis
- cederbergiensis
- clavigera
- collarium
- edenensis
- ferox
- hamerae
- intermedia
- janni
- lawrencei
- leonina
- margaritarius
- mellaria
- mira
- moseleyi
- orientalis
- overbergiensis
- polychroma
- purpureus
- sedgwicki
- storchi
- tulbaghensis
Phallocephale
Planipapillus
- absonus
- annae
- berti
- biacinaces
- biacinoides
- bulgensis
- cyclus
- gracilis
- impacris
- mundus
- taylori
- tectus
- vittatus
Regimitra
Ruhbergia
- bifalcata
- brevicorna
- rostroides
Sphenoparme
Tasmanipatus
Tetrameraden
Vescerro
Wambalana

Uncertain: †Antennipatus; †Helenodora; †Succinipatopsis; †Tertiapatus

Taxon identifiers
Peripatopsis capensis	Wikidata: Q3601413 Wikispecies: Peripatopsis capensis BOLD: 211247 CoL: 4F2VT EoL: 347390 GBIF: 2235574 iNaturalist: 196469 ITIS: 698732 NCBI: 88308 Open Tree of Life: 138702

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