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Oroperipatus

Oroperipatus
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An Oroperipatus species
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Onychophora
Class: Udeonychophora
Order: Euonychophora
Family: Peripatidae
Genus: Oroperipatus
Cockerell, 1908
Species

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Oroperipatus is a genus of Neotropical velvet worms in the Peripatidae family.

The genus contains the following species:

Oroperipatus goudoti (Bouvier, 1899), Oroperipatus quitensis (Schmarda, 1871), and Oroperipatus peruanus (Grube, 1876) are considered nomina dubia by Oliveira et al. 2012.



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