Biology:Ooperipatus
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Short description: Genus of velvet worms
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Onychophora |
| Family: | Peripatopsidae |
| Genus: | Ooperipatus Dendy, 1900 |
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Ooperipatus is a genus of Australia n 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
- ↑ Oliveira, I.; Hering, L.. "Updated Onychophora checklist". http://www.onychophora.com/list.htm.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Australian Faunal Directory". https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/ONYCHOPHORA/checklist.
- ↑ 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. PMID 22930648.
- ↑ 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. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59283366#page/51/mode/1up.
Wikidata ☰ Q3600808 entry
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