Plicatoperipatus

Plicatoperipatus jamaicensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Onychophora
Class: Udeonychophora
Order: Euonychophora
Family: Peripatidae
Genus: Plicatoperipatus
Clark, 1913
Species: P. jamaicensis
Binomial name
Plicatoperipatus jamaicensis
(Grabham & Cockerell, 1892)

Plicatoperipatus is a monospecific genus of velvet worm containing the single species Plicatoperipatus jamaicensis.[1] It is endemic to Jamaica. The species is listed as Near Threatened by the IUCN Red List.[2]

See also

References

  1. 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.
  2. New, T. R. 1996. Plicatoperipatus jamaicensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.2. Downloaded on 06 September 2014.

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