Speleoperipatus spelaeus
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| Speleoperipatus spelaeus | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Onychophora |
| Class: | Onychophora |
| Order: | Onychophora |
| Family: | Peripatidae |
| Genus: | Speleoperipatus |
| Species: | S. spelaeus |
| Binomial name | |
| Speleoperipatus spelaeus Peck, 1975 | |
Speleoperipatus spelaeus is a species of invertebrate in the Peripatidae family.
Distribution
It is endemic to Jamaica, troglobitic, and currently known from only two sites, both in northern St Catherine. Only five individuals have been found as of 2013 - four specimens collected by Dr S Peck in 1975 at Pedro Cave, and one individual found (not collected, but confirmed photographically by Peck) at Swansea Cave by members of the Jamaican Cave Organisation in 2010.
Source
- New, T.R. 1996. Speleoperipatus spelaeus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 5 August 2007.
- JCO 2010. Swansea Cave - Speleoperipatus spelaeus. Downloaded on 30 September 2013.
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