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Ooperipatus
Sign in to saveOoperipatus is a genus of velvet worms in the family Peripatopsidae. They are found in Australia. All species in this genus are oviparous and have 15 pairs of lobopods (legs).
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 40
- Family
- Peripatopsidae
- Collections
- NMV, AM, WAM
- Recorded in
- Australia
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- Parent taxon
- Peripatopsidae
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Ooperipatus is a genus of velvet worms in the family Peripatopsidae. They are found in Australia. All species in this genus are oviparous and have 15 pairs of lobopods (legs).
== Species == The genus contains the following species: 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
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