Other Invertebrates
Velvet worms or Peripatus (Onychophora)
Sighting 4586465

Euperipatoides sp.

2 Kingsdale, NSW

Euperipatoides sp. at Kingsdale, NSW - 17 Aug 2024 10:40 AM
Euperipatoides sp. at Kingsdale, NSW - 17 Aug 2024 10:40 AM
Euperipatoides sp. at Kingsdale, NSW - 17 Aug 2024 10:40 AM
Euperipatoides sp. at Kingsdale, NSW - 17 Aug 2024 10:40 AM
Euperipatoides sp. at Kingsdale, NSW - 17 Aug 2024 10:40 AM
Euperipatoides sp. at Kingsdale, NSW - 17 Aug 2024 10:40 AM
Euperipatoides sp. at Kingsdale, NSW - 17 Aug 2024 10:40 AM
Euperipatoides sp. at Kingsdale, NSW - 17 Aug 2024 10:40 AM
Euperipatoides sp. at Kingsdale, NSW - 17 Aug 2024 10:40 AM
Euperipatoides sp. at Kingsdale, NSW - 17 Aug 2024 10:40 AM
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Identification history

Euperipatoides sp. 26 Aug 2024 trevorpreston
Euperipatoides sp. 26 Aug 2024 trevorpreston
Ooperipatus sp. (genus) 17 Aug 2024 trevorpreston

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5 comments

trevorpreston wrote:
   17 Aug 2024
@DaveRowell I'm hoping you can identify this for me. I tried to move it so I could get a photo of the front and head but he Curled up as soon as I tried. I waited, but he was so much more patient than I was.
DaveRowell wrote:
   17 Aug 2024
The way it curls up is typical of Euperipatoides sp. but I can't see any locality info.
trevorpreston wrote:
   18 Aug 2024
It is located in Narrangarril Nature Reserve between Goulburn and Crookwell.
DaveRowell wrote:
   18 Aug 2024
Out of range for Euperipatoides rowelli, so might represent an expansion of the known range, or could be a new species. Will confer with others and respond.
DaveRowell wrote:
   19 Aug 2024
Consensus is definitely Euperipatoides sp.. It is between the ranges of E. rowelli and E. kanagrensis but a long way from either. So it is either a surprisingly large range extension for one of them, or a new species in the genus. The species specific characters are too subtle to distinguish from a photograph. It would be great to have a specimen to confirm.

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  • Euperipatoides sp. Scientific name
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  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • 784m Recorded at altitude
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