Peripatus basilensis is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family.[1] This species has 26 to 31 pairs of legs.[2] The type locality is in Haiti.[3]

Peripatus basilensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Onychophora
Family: Peripatidae
Genus: Peripatus
Species:
P. basilensis
Binomial name
Peripatus basilensis
Brues, 1935
Synonyms
  • Peripatus dominicae var. basilensis Brues, 1935

References

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  1. ^ Oliveira, I.; Hering, L. & Mayer, G. "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  2. ^ Brues, Charles T. (1939). "Additional records of Onychophora from the island of Haiti". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 46: 36–37. doi:10.1155/1939/79205 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  3. ^ 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.