Definition of Peripatus. Meaning of Peripatus. Synonyms of Peripatus

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Definition of Peripatus

Peripatus
Malacopoda Mal`a*cop"o*da, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? soft + -poda.] (Zo["o]l.) A class of air-breathing Arthropoda; -- called also Protracheata, and Onychophora. Note: They somewhat resemble myriapods, and have from seventeen to thirty-three pairs of short, imperfectly jointed legs, two pairs of simple jaws, and a pair of antenn[ae]. The tranche[ae] are connected with numerous spiracles scattered over the surface of the body. Peripatus is the only known genus. See Peripatus.
Peripatus
Peripatus Pe*rip"a*tus, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a walking about.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of lowly organized arthropods, found in South Africa, Australia, and tropical America. It constitutes the order Malacopoda.

Meaning of Peripatus from wikipedia

- Peripatus /pəˈrɪpətəs/ is a genus of velvet worms in the Peripatidae family. The name "peripatus" (unitalicised and uncapitalised) is also used to refer...
- Peripatus ruber is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family. This species has 30 pairs of legs. The type locality is in Costa Rica. Oliveira...
- wormlike appearance) or more ambiguously as peripatus /pəˈrɪpətəs/ (after the first described genus, Peripatus), is a phylum of elongate, soft-bodied, many-legged...
- Sitszungber Peters as Peripatus juliformis in 1880. These specimens were then formally described by Par E. L. Bouvier in 1900 as Peripatus juanensis after evaluating...
- Peripatus lachauxensis is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family. The female of this species has 30 to 33 pairs of legs. The type locality...
- Peripatus evelinae is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family. The male of this species has 33 pairs of legs; females have 35 or 36 leg pairs...
- Peripatus juliformis is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family. The number of legs in this species ranges from 29 pairs to 34 pairs. Specimens...
- Peripatus basilensis is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family. This species has 26 to 31 pairs of legs. The type locality is in Haiti. Oliveira...
- Peripatus manni is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family. The male of this species has 29 pairs of legs; females have 30 or 31. The type...
- Peripatus danicus is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family. Females of this species have 31 to 33 pairs of legs; males have 26 to 28. Females...