Plicatoperipatus
Plicatoperipatus is a monospecific genus of velvet worm containing the single species Plicatoperipatus jamaicensis.[2] It is endemic to Jamaica. The species is listed as Near Threatened by the IUCN Red List.[1]
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| Genus: | Plicatoperipatus Clark, 1913 |
| Species: | P. jamaicensis |
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| Plicatoperipatus jamaicensis (Grabham & Cockerell, 1892) | |
See also
References
- New, T.R. (1996). "Plicatoperipatus jamaicensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T17716A7380464. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T17716A7380464.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- 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. doi:10.3897/zookeys.211.3463. PMC 3426840. PMID 22930648.
Further reading
- Herbert, P. D. N.; Billington, N.; Finston, T. L.; Boileau, M. G.; Beaton, M. J.; Barette, R. J. (1991). "Genetic-variation in the Onychophoran Plicatoperipatus-jamaicIensis". Heredity. 67 (2): 221–229. doi:10.1038/hdy.1991.83.
- Oliveira, I. D.; Luter, C.; Wolf, K. W.; Mayer, G. (2014). "Evolutionary changes in the integument of the onychophoran Plicatoperipatus jamaicensis (Peripatidae)". Invertebrate Biology. 113 (3): 274–280. doi:10.1111/ivb.12063.
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