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Plicatoperipatus jamaicensis (Grabham & Cockerell, 1892)

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Peripatus jamaicensis Grabham & Cockerell, 1892

 

Conservation Status

Rediscovered (Grabham & Cockerell, 1892)

 

Distribution

Jamaica

 

Anatomy & Morphology

 

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

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References

Original scientific description:

Grabham, M. and Cockerell, T. D. A. (1892). Peripatus re-discovered in Jamaica. Nature, 46, 514. https://doi.org/10.1038/046514a0

 

Other references:

Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (eds). (1996). 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. pp. 378. International Union for Conservation of Nature, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

Groombridge, B. (ed.). (1994). 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

New, T. R. (1996). Plicatoperipatus jamaicensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1996: e.T17716A7380464. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T17716A7380464.en. Accessed on 18 January 2023.

 

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