Ooperipatus sp. (Genus) at Manton, NSW

Ooperipatus sp. (Genus)

Manton, NSW

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Ooperipatus sp. (Genus)	25 May 2023	trevorpreston
Ooperipatus sp. (Genus)	25 May 2023	trevorpreston
Onychophora sp. (phylum)	25 May 2023	trevorpreston

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3 comments

DaveRowell wrote:

25 May 2023

Ooperipatus sp. Distinctive rough ventral patterning and the body contracts when resting, bringing all the legs close together. Probably O. costatus given location.

trevorpreston wrote:

25 May 2023

Thanks for the ID Dave. For future reference, Is it safe to say 15 pairs of legs always = Ooperipatus genus? If not is there a way we can identify them?

DaveRowell wrote:

27 May 2023

Yes, but all the local genera have 15 pairs so it's not a helpful diagnostic character.

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Paraembolides sp. (genus) (A funnel-web spider) at Manton, NSW - 25 May 2023 by trevorpreston

Location information

Coordinates 149.034620 -34.840827
Altitude 716.9m
Maps Mundoonen Nature Reserve
Places Manton, NSW

Species information

Ooperipatus sp. (Genus) Scientific name
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Not Sensitive
Local Native
Non-Invasive

Sighting information

1 Abundance
25 May 2023 10:10 AM Recorded on
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