Peripatopsis moseleyi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Onychophora
Family: Peripatopsidae
Genus: Peripatopsis
Species:
P. moseleyi
Binomial name
Peripatopsis moseleyi
(Wood-Mason, 1879)
Synonyms
  • Peripatus moseleyi Wood-Mason, 1879

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

  1. ↑ Oliveira I. S.; Hering L.; Mayer, G. "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Monge-Nájera, Julián (1994). "Reproductive trends, habitat type and body characteristcs in velvet worms (Onychophora)". Revista de Biología Tropical: 611–622. ISSN 2215-2075.
  5. ↑ 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. PMC 3426840. PMID 22930648.
  6. ↑ 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

  • 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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