A velvet worm at Manton, NSW
Identification history
| Ooperipatus sp. (genus) | 25 May 2023 | trevorpreston | ||
| Ooperipatus sp. (genus) | 25 May 2023 | trevorpreston | ||
| Onychophora sp. (phylum) | 25 May 2023 | trevorpreston |
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3 comments
DaveRowell
wrote:
25 May 2023
Ooperipatus sp. Distinctive rough ventral patterning and the body contracts when resting, bringing all the legs close together. Probably O. costatus given location.
trevorpreston
wrote:
25 May 2023
Thanks for the ID Dave. For future reference, Is it safe to say 15 pairs of legs always = Ooperipatus genus? If not is there a way we can identify them?
DaveRowell
wrote:
27 May 2023
Yes, but all the local genera have 15 pairs so it's not a helpful diagnostic character.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.034620-34.840827
- Altitude 716.9m
- Maps Mundoonen Nature Reserve
- Places Manton, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 25 May 2023 10:10 AM Recorded on
- trevorpreston Recorded by
Species information
- Ooperipatus sp. (genus) Scientific name
- A velvet worm Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- 716.88m Recorded at altitude
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