Ooperipatus

Ooperipatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Onychophora
Family:	Peripatopsidae
Genus:	Ooperipatus ; Dendy, 1900
Species
	See text

Last updated June 01, 2025

Ooperipatus is a genus of velvet worms in the family Peripatopsidae.^[1]^[2]^[3] They are found in Australia. All species in this genus are oviparous and have 15 pairs of lobopods (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. & Mayer, G. "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
1 2 "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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[OW-1] Oliveira, I.; Hering, L. & Mayer, G. "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 24 November 2016.

[AFD-2] 1 2 "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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