Peripatoides suteri: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Onychophora
- Class
- Order
- Euonychophora
- Family
- Peripatopsidae
- Genus
- Peripatoides
- Species
- Peripatoides suteri
- Scientific Name
- Peripatoides suteri
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Peripatoides suteri
Peripatoides suteri is a species of velvet worm in the family Peripatopsidae. Like all other species in the genus Peripatoides, this species is ovoviviparous and endemic to New Zealand. This species is notable for featuring 16 pairs of legs, unlike all other species of Peripatoides, which have only 15 leg pairs. This species has more legs than any other species of velvet worm found in New Zealand.
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