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]
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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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Species edit
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 edit
- ^ Oliveira, I.; Hering, L. & Mayer, G. "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
- ^ a b "Australian Faunal Directory". Australian Government Department of the Environment. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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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