• Source: Oroperipatus

Oroperipatus is a genus of Neotropical velvet worms in the family Peripatidae. Species in this genus are found in South America west of the Andes and in Mexico. This genus is viviparous, with mothers supplying nourishment to their embryos through a placenta.




Description


Velvet worms in this genus can have as few as 22 pairs of legs (in O. omeyrus) or as many as 40 leg pairs (in O. bluntschli, O. weyrauchi, and O. tiputini). Species in this genus have from four to seven distal foot papillae, with two or more on the anterior part of the foot and two or more on the posterior part of the foot. This genus also features a nephridial tubercle on the fourth and fifth leg pairs inserted into a complete third spinous pad.




Species


The genus contains the following species:

Oroperipatus balzani (Camerano, 1897)
Oroperipatus belli (Bouvier, 1904)
Oroperipatus bimbergi (Fuhrmann, 1913)
Oroperipatus bluntschli Fuhrmann, 1915
Oroperipatus cameranoi (Bouvier, 1899)
Oroperipatus corradoi (Camerano, 1898)
Oroperipatus ecuadorensis (Bouvier, 1902)
Oroperipatus eisenii (Wheeler, 1898)
Oroperipatus intermedius (Bouvier, 1901)
Oroperipatus koepckei Zilch, 1954
Oroperipatus lankesteri (Bouvier, 1899)
Oroperipatus multipodes (Fuhrmann, 1913)
Oroperipatus omeyrus Marcus, 1952
Oroperipatus peruvianus Brues, 1917
Oroperipatus soratanus (Bouvier, 1901)
Oroperipatus tiputini Montalvo-Salazar et al., 2024
Oroperipatus tuberculatus (Bouvier, 1898)
Oroperipatus weyrauchi Marcus, 1952
Oroperipatus goudoti (Bouvier, 1899), Oroperipatus quitensis (Schmarda, 1871), and Oroperipatus peruanus (Grube, 1876) are considered nomina dubia by Oliveira et al. 2012.




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Onychophora
• Peripatidae
• Oroperipatus
• Oroperipatus omeyrus
• Oroperipatus corradoi
• Oroperipatus multipodes
• Oroperipatus cameranoi
• Oroperipatus tiputini
• Oroperipatus peruvianus
• Oroperipatus tuberculatus
• Oroperipatus intermedius
• Oroperipatus belli