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Opisthopatus  Purcell, 1899
Taxonomic Serial No.: 154436

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2023   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumOnychophora Grube, 1850 – velvet worms, onychophorans  
                FamilyPeripatopsidae Bouvier, 1905  
                   GenusOpisthopatus Purcell, 1899  
    Direct Children:  
                      Species Opisthopatus amatolensis Choonoo, 1947  
                      Species Opisthopatus amaxhosa Daniels, Dambire, Klaus and Sharma, 2016  
                      Species Opisthopatus baziya Barnes and Daniels, 2022  
                      Species Opisthopatus camdebooi Barnes and Daniels, 2022  
                      Species Opisthopatus cinctipes Purcell, 1899  
                      Species Opisthopatus drakensbergi Daniels, Dambire, Klaus and Sharma, 2016  
                      Species Opisthopatus herbertorum Ruhberg and Hamer, 2005  
                      Species Opisthopatus highveldi Daniels, Dambire, Klaus and Sharma, 2016  
                      Species Opisthopatus kwazululandi Daniels, Dambire, Klaus and Sharma, 2016  
                      Species Opisthopatus laevis Lawrence, 1947  
                      Species Opisthopatus natalensis Bouvier, 1900  
                      Species Opisthopatus roseus Lawrence, 1947 – pink velvet worm 
                      Species Opisthopatus swatii Daniels, Dambire, Klaus and Sharma, 2016  
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Opisthopatus   
       
  Source: Onychophora Website (12/2023), website (version 01-Dec-23)  
  Acquired: 2023   
  Notes: Oliveira, Ivo de Sena, Lars Hering, and Georg Mayer. The Onychophora Website, http://www.onychophora.com/   
  Reference for: Opisthopatus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Bouvier, E. -L.  
  Publication Date: 1907   
  Article/Chapter Title: Monographie des Onychophores   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Annales des Sciences Naturelles Zoologie, 9th Series, vol. 5, no. 1-5   
  Page(s): 61-318   
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  Reference for: Opisthopatus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Hamer, M. L., M. J. Samways, and H. Ruhberg  
  Publication Date: 1997   
  Article/Chapter Title: A review of the Onychophora of South Africa, with discussion of their conservation   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Annales of the Natal Museum, vol. 38   
  Page(s): 283-312   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0304-0798   
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  Reference for: Opisthopatus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Oliveira, Ivo de Sena  
  Publication Date: 2023   
  Article/Chapter Title: An updated world checklist of velvet worms (Onychophora) with notes on nomenclature and status of names   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: ZooKeys, vol. 1184   
  Page(s): 133-260   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1313-2970   
  Notes: doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1184.107286   
  Reference for: Opisthopatus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Oliveira, Ivo de Sena, V. Morley St. J. Read, and Georg Mayer  
  Publication Date: 2012   
  Article/Chapter Title: A world checklist of Onychophora (velvet worms), with notes on nomenclature and status of names   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: ZooKeys, vol. 211   
  Page(s): 1-70   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1313-2970   
  Notes: doi: 10.3897/zookeys.211.3463   
  Reference for: Opisthopatus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Reid, A. L.  
  Publication Date: 1996   
  Article/Chapter Title: Review of the Peripatopsidae (Onychophora) in Australia, with Comments on Peripatopsid Relationships   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Invertebrate Taxonomy, vol. 10, no. 4   
  Page(s): 663-936   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0818-0164   
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  Reference for: Opisthopatus   
       

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