Opisthopatus
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Onychophora |
| Class: | Udeonychophora |
| Order: | Euonychophora |
| Family: | Peripatopsidae |
| Genus: | Opisthopatus Purcell, 1899 |
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Opisthopatus is a genus of South African velvet worms in the family Peripatopsidae.[1][2] They give birth to live young.[3]
Species[]
The genus contains the following species:
- Opisthopatus amatolensis Choonoo, 1947
- Opisthopatus amaxhosa Daniels et al., 2016
- Opisthopatus cinctipes Purcell, 1899
- Opisthopatus drakensbergi Daniels et al., 2016
- Opisthopatus herbertorum Ruhberg & Hamer, 2005
- Opisthopatus highveldi Daniels et al., 2016
- Opisthopatus kwazululandi Daniels et al., 2016
- Opisthopatus laevis Lawrence, 1947
- Opisthopatus natalensis Bouvier, 1900
- Opisthopatus roseus Lawrence, 1947, the pink velvet worm
- Opisthopatus swatii Daniels et al., 2016
References[]
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Wikispecies has information related to Opisthopatus. |
- ^ Oliveira I.; Hering L. & Mayer G. "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 13 July 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.
- ^ Mayer, Georg; Bartolomaeus, Thomas & Ruhberg, Hilke (2005). "Ultrastructure of mesoderm in embryos of Opisthopatus roseus (Onychophora, Peripatopsidae): Revision of the 'long germ band' hypothesis for Opisthopatus". Journal of Morphology. 263 (1): 60–70. doi:10.1002/jmor.10289. PMID 15536644. S2CID 33663506.
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