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Epiperipatus edwardsii
Costa CS, Chagas-Jr A, Pinto-da-Rocha R (2018) Redescription of Epiperipatus edw, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Other small animals

Epiperipatus edwardsii

Names

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Scientific nameEpiperipatus edwardsii (Blanchard, 1847)

About this species

Epiperipatus edwardsii is a species of velvet worm in the family Peripatidae. Females of this species have 29 to 34 pairs of legs; males have 28 to 30. Females range from 23 mm to 56 mm in length, whereas males range from 25 mm to 30 mm. The type locality is in French Guiana.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumOnychophora
FamilyPeripatidae
GenusEpiperipatus