Ooperipatus costatus
5 A velvet worm at Towrang, NSW
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| Ooperipatus costatus | trevorpreston | 18 Apr 2024 | |
| Onychophora sp. (phylum) | trevorpreston | 18 Apr 2024 | |
| Unverified | clarehoneydove | 17 Apr 2024 |
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Significant sighting
trevorpreston noted:
18 Apr 2024
This is the first confirmed sighting of this species of Velvet Worm on NatureMapr. A fascinating and seldom seen creature.
User's notes
Under a rock. Maroony colour with blue-black legs and curly little "antlers"
4 comments
18 Apr 2024
Great sighting, we rarely get sightings of velvet worms outside of Tallaganda. I'm only suggesting Onychophora because I have no idea what else it could be. I am hoping @DaveRowell can confirm this for me.
18 Apr 2024
Yes, this is an onychophoran. It looks like Ooperipatus sp., but would need some locality data to be sure.
18 Apr 2024
Towrang.
In a corridor between train tracks and road. Near Cookbundoon nature reserve.
In a corridor between train tracks and road. Near Cookbundoon nature reserve.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.859390-34.685272
- Altitude 649.0m
- Maps Goulburn Mulwaree Council
- Places Towrang, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 17 Apr 2024 01:59 PM Recorded on
- clarehoneydove Recorded by
Collections
- clarehoneydove Velvet worms or Peripatus (Onychophora) Other Invertebrates Significant Pinned Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Ooperipatus costatus
Species information
- Ooperipatus costatus Scientific name
- A velvet worm Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- 649m Recorded at altitude
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