Ooperipatus sp. (genus)
1 A velvet worm at Manton, NSW
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| Ooperipatus sp. (genus) | trevorpreston | 25 May 2023 | |
| Ooperipatus sp. (genus) | trevorpreston | 25 May 2023 | |
| Onychophora sp. (phylum) | trevorpreston | 25 May 2023 |
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3 comments
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.
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?
27 May 2023
Yes, but all the local genera have 15 pairs so it's not a helpful diagnostic character.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.034620-34.840827
- Altitude 716.9m
- Maps Mundoonen Nature Reserve
- Places Manton, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 25 May 2023 10:10 AM Recorded on
- trevorpreston Recorded by
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- Other Invertebrates Velvet worms or Peripatus (Onychophora) trevorpreston Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Ooperipatus sp. (genus)
Species information
- Ooperipatus sp. (genus) Scientific name
- A velvet worm Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- 716.88m Recorded at altitude
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