Ooperipatus is a genus of velvet worms in the family Peripatopsidae. They are found in Australia. All species in this genus are oviparous and have 15 pairs of lobopods (legs).
Species
The genus contains the following species:
- Ooperipatus birrgus <small>Reid, 2000</small>
- Ooperipatus caesius <small>Reid, 2000</small>
- Ooperipatus centunculus <small>Reid, 1996</small>
- Ooperipatus costatus <small>Reid, 1996</small>
- Ooperipatus hispidus <small>Reid, 1996</small>
- Ooperipatus lepidus <small>Reid, 2000</small>
- Ooperipatus nebulosus <small>Reid, 2000</small>
- Ooperipatus oviparus <small>(Dendy, 1895)</small>
- Ooperipatus porcatus <small>Reid, 2000</small>
- Ooperipatus pulchellus <small>Reid, 1996</small>
- Ooperipatus silvanus <small>Reid, 2000</small>
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