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Oroperipatus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Peripatidae

Phylum
  
Onychophora

Order
  
Euonychophora

Class
  
Udeonychophora

Scientific name
  
Oroperipatus

Rank
  
Genus

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Similar
  
Epiperipatus, Macroperipatus, Typhloperipatus

Oroperipatus is a genus of Neotropical velvet worms in the Peripatidae family.

Species

The genus contains the following species:

  • Oroperipatus balzani (Camerano, 1897)
  • Oroperipatus belli (Bouvier, 1904)
  • Oroperipatus bimbergi (Fuhrmann, 1913)
  • Oroperipatus bluntschli Fuhrmann, 1915
  • Oroperipatus cameranoi (Bouvier, 1899)
  • Oroperipatus corradoi (Camerano, 1898)
  • Oroperipatus ecuadoriensis (Bouvier, 1902)
  • Oroperipatus eisenii (Wheeler, 1898)
  • Oroperipatus intermedius (Bouvier, 1901)
  • Oroperipatus koepckei Zilch, 1954
  • Oroperipatus lankesteri (Bouvier, 1899)
  • Oroperipatus multipodes (Fuhrmann, 1913)
  • Oroperipatus omeyrus Marcus, 1952
  • Oroperipatus peruvianus Brues, 1917
  • Oroperipatus soratanus (Bouvier, 1901)
  • Oroperipatus tuberculatus (Bouvier, 1898)
  • Oroperipatus weyrauchi Marcus, 1952

    • Oroperipatus goudoti (Bouvier, 1899), Oroperipatus quitensis (Schmarda, 1871), and Oroperipatus peruanus (Grube, 1876) are considered nomina dubia by Oliveira et al. 2012.

    References

    Oroperipatus Wikipedia
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