Ooperipatus

Genus of velvet worms

Ooperipatus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Onychophora
Family: Peripatopsidae
Genus: Ooperipatus
Dendy, 1900
Species

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Ooperipatus is a genus of Australian velvet worms in the Peripatopsidae family.[1][2][3] All species in this genus are oviparous and have 15 pairs of oncopods (legs).[4]

Species

The genus contains the following species:[2]

  • Ooperipatus birrgus Reid, 2000
  • Ooperipatus caesius Reid, 2000
  • Ooperipatus centunculus Reid, 1996
  • Ooperipatus costatus Reid, 1996
  • Ooperipatus hispidus Reid, 1996
  • Ooperipatus lepidus Reid, 2000
  • Ooperipatus nebulosus Reid, 2000
  • Ooperipatus oviparus (Dendy, 1895)
  • Ooperipatus porcatus Reid, 2000
  • Ooperipatus pulchellus Reid, 1996
  • Ooperipatus silvanus Reid, 2000

References

  1. ^ Oliveira, I.; Hering, L. & Mayer, G. "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Australian Faunal Directory". Australian Government Department of the Environment. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  3. ^ Oliveira, I. S.; Read, V. M. S. J.; Mayer, G. (2012). "A world checklist of Onychophora (velvet worms), with notes on nomenclature and status of names". ZooKeys (211): 1–70. doi:10.3897/zookeys.211.3463. PMC 3426840. PMID 22930648.
  4. ^ Reid, Amanda L. (2000). "Descriptions of Lathropatus nemorum, gen. et sp. nov., and six new Ooperipatus Dendy (Onychophora: Peripatopsidae) from south-eastern Australia". Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria. 112 (2): 153–184 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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Peripatidae
Neopatida
Peripatopsidae
Uncertain
†Antennipatus
†Helenodora
†Succinipatopsis
†Tertiapatus
Taxon identifiers
Ooperipatus


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