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Euperipatoides kanangrensis
Euperipatoides kanangrensis pacing along on a eucalyptus log in which it normally resides in Australia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Onychophora
Family: Peripatopsidae
Genus: Euperipatoides
Species:
E. kanangrensis
Binomial name
Euperipatoides kanangrensis
(Reid, 1996)

Euperipatoides kanangrensis is a species of velvet worm of the Peripatopsidae family, described in 1996 from specimens collected in Kanangra-Boyd National Park, New South Wales. This species has 15 pairs of legs in both sexes.[1] It is endemic to Australia. The embryonic development of Euperipatoides kanangrensis has been described.[2][3] This species is viviparous.[4] This species is used as model organism for the last common ancestor of the Panarthropoda. It resembles fossil Cambrian lobopodians.[5]

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