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Family PERIPATOPSIDAE


Compiler and date details

A. Wells, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia A.L. Reid, Eltham, Victoria, Australia

Introduction

The name was introduced by Bouvier (1904) as Péripatopsidés. The type genus is Peripatopsis Pocock, 1894.

 

General References

Bouvier, E.L. 1904. Les Oeufs des Onychophores. Museum d'Histoire Naturelle de Lyon. Nouvelles Archives 4(6): 1-50 [45 (footnote), 47]