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Ooperipatus porcatus

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Species of velvet worm

Ooperipatus porcatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Onychophora
Family: Peripatopsidae
Genus: Ooperipatus
Species: O. porcatus
Binomial name
Ooperipatus porcatus
Reid, 2000

Ooperipatus porcatus is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatopsidae family. This species has 15 pairs of legs. It is found in Victoria, Australia.

References

  1. Oliveira, I.; Hering, L. & Mayer, G. "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  2. 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.
  3. "Australian Faunal Directory". Australian Government Department of the Environment. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
Onychophora
Peripatidae
Neopatida
Peripatopsidae
Uncertain
†Antennipatus
†Helenodora
†Succinipatopsis
†Tertiapatus
Taxon identifiers
Ooperipatus porcatus


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