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Peripatopsis leonina  Purcell, 1899
Taxonomic Serial No.: 698740

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Lion's Hill velvet worm [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumOnychophora Grube, 1850 – velvet worms, onychophorans  
                FamilyPeripatopsidae Bouvier, 1905  
                   GenusPeripatopsis Pocock, 1894  
                      SpeciesPeripatopsis leonina Purcell, 1899 – Lion's Hill velvet worm  
       

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  Source: 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 27-Feb-2006, website (version 2004)  
  Acquired: 2006   
  Notes: http://www.redlist.org/   
  Reference for: Peripatopsis leonina, Lion's Hill velvet worm [English]   
       
  Source: Onychophora Website (12/2023), website (version 01-Dec-23)  
  Acquired: 2023   
  Notes: Oliveira, Ivo de Sena, Lars Hering, and Georg Mayer. The Onychophora Website, http://www.onychophora.com/   
  Reference for: Peripatopsis leonina   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Hamer, M. L., M. J. Samways, and H. Ruhberg   
  Publication Date: 1997   
  Article/Chapter Title: A review of the Onychophora of South Africa, with discussion of their conservation   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Annales of the Natal Museum, vol. 38   
  Page(s): 283-312   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0304-0798   
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  Reference for: Peripatopsis leonina   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Oliveira, Ivo de Sena   
  Publication Date: 2023   
  Article/Chapter Title: An updated world checklist of velvet worms (Onychophora) with notes on nomenclature and status of names   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: ZooKeys, vol. 1184   
  Page(s): 133-260   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1313-2970   
  Notes: doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1184.107286   
  Reference for: Peripatopsis leonina   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Oliveira, Ivo de Sena, V. Morley St. J. Read, and Georg Mayer   
  Publication Date: 2012   
  Article/Chapter Title: A world checklist of Onychophora (velvet worms), with notes on nomenclature and status of names   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: ZooKeys, vol. 211   
  Page(s): 1-70   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1313-2970   
  Notes: doi: 10.3897/zookeys.211.3463   
  Reference for: Peripatopsis leonina   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Ruhberg, Hilke   
  Publication Date: 1985   
  Article/Chapter Title: Die Peripatopsidae (Onychophora) Systematik, Ökologie, Chorologie und phylogenetische Aspekte   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zoologica, vol. 46, no. 137   
  Page(s): vi+183   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 3-510-55023-4, 0044-5088  
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  Reference for: Peripatopsis leonina   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Sherbon, Beverley J., and Muriel H. Walker   
  Publication Date: 2004   
  Article/Chapter Title: A new species of Peripatopsis from South Africa, P. stelliporata, with observations on embryonic development and sperm degradation (Onychophora, Peripatopsidae)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Journal of Zoology, vol. 264, no. 4   
  Page(s): 295-305   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0022-5460   
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  Reference for: Peripatopsis leonina   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Africa  
       
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 Comments
       
  Comment: Listed as Critically Endangered on IUCN Red List  
 

 

    


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