Revised taxonomy and redescription of two species of the Peripatidae (Onychophora) from Brazil: A step towards consistent terminology of morphological characters

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2493, 2010, Pages 16-34

  Oliveira, Ivo De Sena ^a,b   Wieloch, Alfredo Hannemann ^a   Mayer, Georg ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brazil; Caribbean group; Epiperipatus; Macroperipatus

Indexed keywords

EPIPERIPATUS; MACROPERIPATUS; ONYCHOPHORA; PERIPATIDAE;

EID: 77954026708     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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