Paropisthopatus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Onychophora |
Family: | Peripatopsidae |
Genus: | Paropisthopatus Ruhberg, 1985 |
Species: | P. umbrinus
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Binomial name | |
Paropisthopatus umbrinus (Johow, 1911)
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Paropisthopatus is a monospecific genus of velvet worm containing the single species Paropisthopatus umbrinus.[1] Females of this species range from 20 mm to 70 mm in length.[2] The type locality is in central Chile.[3] Velvet worms in this genus have 16 pairs of legs.[4] This genus exhibits matrotrophic viviparity, that is, mothers in this genus retain eggs in their uteri and supply nourishment to their embryos, but without any placenta.[5]
A second species assigned to this genus, Paropisthopatus costesi (Gravier & Fage, 1925), is considered a nomen dubium by Oliveira et al., 2012.