''Peripatus dominicae'' is a species of
velvet worm
Onychophora (from grc, ονυχής, , "claws"; and , , "to carry"), commonly known as velvet worms (due to their velvety texture and somewhat wormlike appearance) or more ambiguously as peripatus (after the first described genus, '' Peripatus ...
in the
Peripatidae family
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.
Males of this species have 25 pairs of legs; females can have 28 to 31 pairs of legs,
but usually have 29. Females in this species range in size from 29 mm to 56 mm in length, while males range from 17 mm to 25 mm in length.
The type locality is in
Dominica.
References
Onychophorans of tropical America
Onychophoran species
Animals described in 1894
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