Peripatopsis sedgwicki

Peripatopsis sedgwicki
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Onychophora
Family: Peripatopsidae
Genus: Peripatopsis
Species:
P. sedgwicki
Binomial name
Peripatopsis sedgwicki
Purcell, 1899
Synonyms
  • Peripatus dewaali (Weber, 1898)

Peripatopsis sedgwicki is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatopsidae family.[1][2][3] Also known as the Tsitsikamma velvet worm,[4] this species has a narrow geographic distribution in South Africa but is especially abundant in the indigenous forest of the Tsitsikamma mountains.[5][6] Recent phylogenetic analysis finds that Peripatopsis sedgwicki as traditionally understood (sensu lato) is a species complex that contains four clades, each representing a different species: P. sedgwicki s.s. (sensu stricto, that is, as more narrowly defined), P. orientalis, P. collarium, and P. margaritarius.[7]

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  4. ^ "Tsitsikamma Velvetworm (Peripatopsis sedgwicki)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
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  6. ^ Daniels, Savel R.; Picker, Mike D.; Cowlin, Ross M.; Hamer, Michelle L. (2009-05-01). "Unravelling evolutionary lineages among South African velvet worms (Onychophora: Peripatopsis) provides evidence for widespread cryptic speciation". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 97 (1): 200–216 [201, 209]. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2009.01205.x. ISSN 0024-4066.
  7. ^ Barnes, Aaron; Daniels, Savel R. (2024). "Molecular and Morphological Evidence for the Description of Three Novel Velvet Worm Species (Onychophora: Peripatopsidae: Peripatopsis sedgwicki s.s.) from South Africa". Diversity. 16 (9): 566. doi:10.3390/d16090566. ISSN 1424-2818.