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Mesoperipatus tholloni  (Bouvier, 1898)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 698767

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Peripatus tholloni Bouvier, 1898
  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria   
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumOnychophora  – velvet worms, onychophorans  
                ClassUdeonycophora   
                   OrderEuonycophora   
                      FamilyPeripatidae Evans, 1902  
                         GenusMesoperipatus Evans, 1902  
                            SpeciesMesoperipatus tholloni (Bouvier, 1898)  
       

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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: Mesoperipatus tholloni   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Bouvier, E. -L.   
  Publication Date: 1905   
  Article/Chapter Title: Monographie des Onychophores   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Annales des Sciences Naturelles Zoologie, 9th Series, vol. 2, no. 1-3   
  Page(s): 1-240   
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  Reference for: Mesoperipatus tholloni   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Clark, Austin Hobart   
  Publication Date: 1913   
  Article/Chapter Title: A revision of the American species of Peripatus   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, vol. 26   
  Page(s): 15-20   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0006-324X   
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  Reference for: Mesoperipatus tholloni   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Peck, Stewart B.   
  Publication Date: 1975   
  Article/Chapter Title: A review of the New World Onychophora with the description of a new cavernicolous genus and species from Jamaica   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Psyche, vol. 82, no. 3-4   
  Page(s): 341-358   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0033-2615   
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  Reference for: Mesoperipatus tholloni   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Ruhberg, Hilke, and Michelle L. Hamer   
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title: A new species of Opisthopatus Purcell, 1899 (Onychophora: Peripatopsidae) from KwaZulu, South Africa   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zootaxa, no. 1039   
  Page(s): 27-38   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1175-5326   
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  Reference for: Mesoperipatus tholloni   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Africa  
       
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 Comments
       
  Comment: Type species of the genus Mesoperipatus  
    Ruhberg and Hamer (2005) do not mention the species Mesoperipatus tholloni, but note that "the monotypic genus Mesoperipatus Evans, 1901 is known from Gabon in West Africa"  
    Listed as Data Deficient on IUCN Red List  
 

 

    


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