Ooperipatus
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 oncopods (legs).
11 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Ooperipatus centunculus
speciesOoperipatus centunculus
Ooperipatus silvanus
speciesOoperipatus silvanus
Ooperipatus costatus
speciesOoperipatus costatus
Ooperipatus hispidus
speciesOoperipatus hispidus
Ooperipatus caesius
speciesOoperipatus caesius
Ooperipatus oviparus
speciesOoperipatus oviparus
Ooperipatus porcatus
speciesOoperipatus porcatus
Ooperipatus nebulosus
speciesOoperipatus nebulosus
Ooperipatus lepidus
speciesOoperipatus lepidus
Ooperipatus birrgus
speciesOoperipatus birrgus
Ooperipatus pulchellus
speciesOoperipatus pulchellus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 569605.