Ooperipatellus
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Ooperipatellus is a genus of Australian and New Zealand velvet worms in the Peripatopsidae family.[1]
Species
The genus contains the following species:[1][2][3]
- Ooperipatellus decoratus (Baehr, 1977)
- Ooperipatellus duwilensis Reid, 1996
- Ooperipatellus insignis (Dendy, 1890)
- Ooperipatellus nanus Ruhberg, 1985
- Ooperipatellus parvus Reid, 1996
- Ooperipatellus viridimaculatus (Dendy, 1900)
Ooperipatellus cryptus Jackson & Taylor, 1994 is considered a nomen dubium by Oliveira et al., 2012.
References
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- ^ a b "Australian Faunal Directory". Australian Government Department of the Environment. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
- ^ "New Zealand peripatus/ngaokeoke: Current knowledge, conservation and future research needs" (PDF). New Zealand Department of Conservation (2014). Retrieved 11 July 2016.
- ^ Oliveira; Read; Mayer (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. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
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