| Ooperipatellus | |
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| Ooperipatellus nanus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Onychophora |
| Family: | Peripatopsidae |
| Genus: | Ooperipatellus Ruhberg, 1985 |
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Ooperipatellus is a genus of Australian and New Zealand velvet worms in the Peripatopsidae family.[1] Species in this genus are oviparous.[2] This genus was proposed by Hilke Ruhberg in 1985, with Ooperipatellus insignis designed at the type species.[3] This genus is notable as the only one in which velvet worms have no more than 14 pairs of legs:[4]
- ^ "Australian Faunal Directory". Australian Government Department of the Environment. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
- ^ Baker, Caitlin M; Buckman-Young, Rebecca S; Costa, Cristiano S; Giribet, Gonzalo (2021-12-09). Xia, Xuhua (ed.). "Phylogenomic Analysis of Velvet Worms (Onychophora) Uncovers an Evolutionary Radiation in the Neotropics". Molecular Biology and Evolution. 38 (12): 5391–5404. doi:10.1093/molbev/msab251. ISSN 1537-1719. PMC 8662635. PMID 34427671.
- ^ Ruhberg, Hilke (1985). Die Peripatopsidae (Onychophora): Systematik, Ökologie, Chorologie und phylogenetische Aspekte. Zoologica (in German). Stuttgart: Schweizerbart. pp. 126–127. ISBN 978-3-510-55023-4.
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