Opisthopatus herbertorum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Onychophora |
Family: | Peripatopsidae |
Genus: | Opisthopatus |
Species: | O. herbertorum
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Binomial name | |
Opisthopatus herbertorum Ruhberg & Hamer, 2005
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Opisthopatus herbertorum is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatopsidae family. [1] The type locality is in South Africa. [2] As originally described, this species is uniformly white with 17 pairs of legs. [3] Subsequent phylogenetic results, however, cast doubt on this species delimitation based on morphology, indicating instead that O. herbertorum is a junior synonym of O. roseus. [4] [5]
Opisthopatus herbertorum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Onychophora |
Family: | Peripatopsidae |
Genus: | Opisthopatus |
Species: | O. herbertorum
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Binomial name | |
Opisthopatus herbertorum Ruhberg & Hamer, 2005
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Opisthopatus herbertorum is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatopsidae family. [1] The type locality is in South Africa. [2] As originally described, this species is uniformly white with 17 pairs of legs. [3] Subsequent phylogenetic results, however, cast doubt on this species delimitation based on morphology, indicating instead that O. herbertorum is a junior synonym of O. roseus. [4] [5]