Mongeperipatus solorzanoi, the Solórzano's velvet worm, is the largest known species of velvet worm and a member of the Peripatidae family.[1][2][3][4] Like other Neotropical peripatid velvet worms, this species is viviparous, with mothers supplying nourishment to their embryos through a placenta.[5]
| Mongeperipatus solorzanoi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Onychophora |
| Family: | Peripatidae |
| Genus: | Mongeperipatus |
| Species: | M. solorzanoi
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| Binomial name | |
| Mongeperipatus solorzanoi (Morera-Brenes & Monge-Nájera, 2010)
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| Synonyms | |
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Peripatus solorzanoi Morera-Brenes & Monge-Nájera, 2010 | |
Taxonomy edit
The holotype was discovered by herpetologist Alejandro Solórzano in Guayacán de Siquirres, Costa Rica, in 1996. Morera-Brenes and Monge-Nájera subsequently described it in 2010. The specific name solorzanoi is in honour of its discoverer.[6]
In 2020, following the description of another similar species, this species was moved into a new genus, Mongeperipatus.[7]
Description edit
The body is light brown or wine red with pale yellow oncopods (legs). Newborns are red. Males have 34 pairs of oncopods; females have 39 to 41, usually 41. This species is the largest known velvet worm known, growing up to 22 cm (8.7 in) long.[6]
References edit
- ^ Wheeler, Q. D.; Pennak, S. (2013). What on Earth?: 100 of Our Planet's Most Amazing New Species. New York, USA: Plume. pp. 82–83. ISBN 978-0-698-14832-1.
- ^ Oliveira, I. S.; Hering, L. & Mayer, G. "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
- ^ 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. Bibcode:2012ZooK..211....1O. doi:10.3897/zookeys.211.3463. PMC 3426840. PMID 22930648.
- ^ "Solórzano's Velvet Worm (Mongeperipatus solorzanoi)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
- ^ Mayer, Georg; Franke, Franziska Anni; Treffkorn, Sandra; Gross, Vladimir; de Sena Oliveira, Ivo (2015), Wanninger, Andreas (ed.), "Onychophora", Evolutionary Developmental Biology of Invertebrates 3, Vienna: Springer Vienna, pp. 53–98, doi:10.1007/978-3-7091-1865-8_4, ISBN 978-3-7091-1864-1, retrieved 2023-02-16
- ^ a b Morera-Brenes, B.; Monge-Nájera, J. (2010). "A new giant species of placented worm and the mechanism by which onychophorans weave their nets (Onychophora: Peripatidae)". Revista de Biología Tropical. 58 (4): 1127–1142. arXiv:1511.00983. doi:10.15517/rbt.v58i4.5398. PMID 21246983.
- ^ Barquero-González, Sánchez-Vargas, Morera (2020). "A new giant velvet worm from Costa Rica suggests absence of the genus Peripatus (Onychophora: Peripatidae) in Central America". Revista de Biología Tropical. 68: 300–320. doi:10.15517/rbt.v68i1.37675.
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