Opisthopatus
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Opisthopatus is a genus of invertebrate
in the Peripatopsidae
family.
It contains the following species:
Invertebrate
An invertebrate is an animal without a backbone. The group includes 97% of all animal species – all animals except those in the chordate subphylum Vertebrata .Invertebrates form a paraphyletic group...
in the Peripatopsidae
Peripatopsidae
Peripatopsidae is one of the two living velvet worm families.-Genera:* Acanthokara* Aethrikos* Aktinothele* Anoplokaros* Austroperipatus* Baeothele* Centorumis* Cephalofovea* Critolaus* Dactylothele...
family.
It contains the following species:
- Opisthopatus cinctipes Purcell, 1899
- Opisthopatus herbertorum Ruhberg and Hamer, 2005
- Opisthopatus roseus Lawrence, 1947, Pink velvet worm