''Epiperipatus torrealbai'' is a species of
velvet worm in the
family Peripatidae
Peripatidae is a family of velvet worms. The oldest putative representatives of the family herald from Burmese amber dated to the mid-Cretaceous, around 100 Ma, with representatives from Dominican and Baltic amber attesting to a broader distribu ...
.
This species is dark reddish brown without any pattern on its dorsal surface.
The female of this species has 31 pairs of legs.
The type locality is in
Venezuela.
References
Onychophorans of tropical America
Onychophoran species
Invertebrates of Venezuela
Animals described in 1953
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