Opisthopatus Purcell, 1899

Ruhberg, Hilke & Hamer, Michelle L., 2005, A new species of Opisthopatus Purcell, 1899 (Onychophora: Peripatopsidae) from KwaZuluNatal, South Africa, Zootaxa 1039, pp. 27-38 : 29

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scientific name	Opisthopatus Purcell, 1899
status

Treatment

See Ruhberg (1985) and Hamer et al. (1997) for diagnosis, synonymy and recent accounts.

References

Hamer, M. L., Samways, M. J. & Ruhberg, H. (1997) A review of the Onychophora of South Africa, with discussion of their conservation. Annals of the Natal Museum, 38, 283 - 312.

Purcell, W. F. (1899) On the South African species of Peripatidae in the collection of the South African Museum. Annals of the South African Museum I, 331 - 351.

Ruhberg, H. (1985) Die Peripatopsidae (Onychophora). Systematik, Okologie, Chorologie und phylogenetische Aspekte. Zoologica, 137, 1 - 183.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Onychophora
Family	Peripatopsidae

Specimens