5 A velvet worm at Towrang, NSW
Identification history
| Ooperipatus costatus | 18 Apr 2024 | trevorpreston | ||
| Onychophora sp. (phylum) | 18 Apr 2024 | trevorpreston | ||
| Unidentified | 17 Apr 2024 | clarehoneydove |
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Significant sighting
trevorpreston noted:
18 Apr 2024
This is the first confirmed sighting of this species of Velvet Worm on NatureMapr. A fascinating and seldom seen creature.
User's notes
Under a rock. Maroony colour with blue-black legs and curly little "antlers"
4 comments
trevorpreston
wrote:
18 Apr 2024
Great sighting, we rarely get sightings of velvet worms outside of Tallaganda. I'm only suggesting Onychophora because I have no idea what else it could be. I am hoping @DaveRowell can confirm this for me.
DaveRowell
wrote:
18 Apr 2024
Yes, this is an onychophoran. It looks like Ooperipatus sp., but would need some locality data to be sure.
clarehoneydove
wrote:
18 Apr 2024
Towrang.
In a corridor between train tracks and road. Near Cookbundoon nature reserve.
In a corridor between train tracks and road. Near Cookbundoon nature reserve.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.859390-34.685272
- Altitude 649.0m
- Maps Goulburn Mulwaree Council
- Places Towrang, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 17 Apr 2024 01:59 PM Recorded on
- clarehoneydove Recorded by
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Collections
clarehoneydove Velvet worms or Peripatus (Onychophora) Other Invertebrates Significant Pinned Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Species information
- Ooperipatus costatus Scientific name
- A velvet worm Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- 649m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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