Peripatopsis moseleyi
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Onychophora |
| Family: | Peripatopsidae |
| Genus: | Peripatopsis |
| Species: | P. moseleyi
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| Peripatopsis moseleyi (Wood-Mason, 1879)
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Peripatopsis moseleyi is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatopsidae family.[1] Males of this species (as traditionally defined) have 20 to 24 pairs of legs with claws (plus one pair without claws);[2] females have 19 to 23 pairs of legs with claws (plus one pair without claws).[3] Females range from 11 mm to 75 mm in length, whereas males range from 9 mm to 50 mm.[4] The type locality is in South Africa.[5]
More recent phylogenetic results indicate that this species as traditionally defined is instead a species complex (P. moseleyi sensu lato) containing five genetically distinct clades, now described as separate species: P. birgeri, P. hamerae, P. janni, P. stortchi, and P. moseleyi sensu stricto. Males of this species more narrowly defined (P. moseleyi sensu stricto) have 22 to 24 pregenital pairs of legs (plus one genital pair); females have 23 pregenital pairs (plus one genital pair). Female specimens range from 42 mm to 60 mm in length; males range from 22 mm to 40 mm in length.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ Oliveira I. S.; Hering L.; Mayer, G. "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
- ^ Daniels, S. R.; Ruhberg, H. (2010). "Molecular and morphological variation in a South African velvet worm Peripatopsis moseleyi (Onychophora, Peripatopsidae): evidence for cryptic speciation". Journal of Zoology. 282 (3): 171–179. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.2010.00722.x. ISSN 0952-8369.
- ^ Hamer, M.L.; Samways, M.J.; Ruhberg, H. (1997). "A review of the Onychophora of South Africa, with discussion of their conservation". Annals of the Natal Museum. 38 (1): 283–312.
- ^ Monge-Nájera, Julián (1994). "Reproductive trends, habitat type and body characteristcs in velvet worms (Onychophora)". Revista de Biología Tropical. 42 (3): 611–622. ISSN 2215-2075.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Ruhberg, Hilke; Daniels, Savel R. (2013-05-24). "Morphological assessment supports the recognition of four novel species in the widely distributed velvet worm Peripatopsis moseleyi sensu lato (Onychophora : Peripatopsidae)". Invertebrate Systematics. 27 (2): 131–145. doi:10.1071/IS12069. ISSN 1447-2600. S2CID 86036034.
Further reading[edit]
- Bursell, E.; Ewer, D. W. (1950). "On the reactions to humidity of Peripatopsis moseleyi (Wood-Mason)". Journal of Experimental Biology. 26 (4): 335–353. doi:10.1242/jeb.26.4.335.
- Daniels, S. R.; Ruhberg, H. (2010). "Molecular and morphological variation in a South African velvet worm Peripatopsis moseleyi (Onychophora, Peripatopsidae): evidence for cryptic speciation". Journal of Zoology. 282 (3): 171–179. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.2010.00722.x.
- Gardner, C. R.; Robson, E. A. (1978). "Respons to mono-amines in Peripatopsis moseley (Onychophora)". Experientia. 34 (12): 1576–1577. doi:10.1007/BF02034682. PMID 729717. S2CID 42617433.
- Heffron, J. J. A.; Hepburn, H. R.; Zwl, L. J. (1977). "Enzymatic activities of smooth body-wall muscle of onychophoran Peripatopsis moseley". Biochemical Society Transactions. 5 (6): 1748–1750. doi:10.1042/bst0051748. PMID 145978.
- Hepburn, H. R.; Heffron, J. J. A. (1976). "Skeletel collagen of an onychophoran, Peripatopsis moseleyi". Cytobiologie. 12 (3): 481–486.
- Robson, E. A. (1964). "Cuticle of Peripatopsis moseleyi". Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science. 105 (3): 281.
- Roper, H. (1977). "Analytische Untersuchungen des Wehrsekretes von Peripatopsis moseleyi (Onychophora)" [Analytical investigations of defensive secretion from Peripatopsis moseleyi (Onychophora)]. Zeitschrift für Naturforschung C. 32 (1–2): 57–60. doi:10.1515/znc-1977-1-208. S2CID 85766026.
- Ruhberg, H.; Daniels, S. R. (2013). "Morphological assessment supports the recognition of four novel species in the widely distributed velvet worm Peripatopsis moseleyi sensu lato (Onychophora: Peripatopsidae)". Invertebrate Systematics. 27 (2): 131–145. doi:10.1071/IS12069. S2CID 86036034.
- Ruhberg, H.; Storch, V. (1976). "Ultrastructure of male genital-tract, spermiogenesis, and spermatozoa of Peripatopsis moseleyi (Onychophora)". Zoomorphologie. 85 (1): 1–15. doi:10.1007/BF00996061. S2CID 23499989.
- Ruhberg, H.; Storch, V. (1977). "Slime glands and their secretary product of Peripatopsis moseleyi (Onychophora) - electron microscopical investigations and live observations". Zoologischer Anzeiger. 198 (1–2): 9–19.
- Storch, V.; Alberti, G.; Ruhberg, H. (1979). "Light and electron microscopical investigations of the salivary glands of Opisthopatus cinctipes and Peripatopsis moseleyi (Onychophora, Peripatopsidae)". Zoologischer Anzeiger. 203 (1–2): 35–47.
- Storch, V.; Ruhberg, H. (1977). "Fine-structure of sensilla of Peripatopsis moseleyi (Onychophora)". Cell and Tissue Research. 177 (4): 539–553. doi:10.1007/bf00220613. PMID 837420. S2CID 24130563.
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