Opisthopatus amaxhosa explained

Opisthopatus amaxhosa is a species of velvet worm in the family Peripatopsidae.[1] This species is a clade in the O. cinctipes species complex.[2] This species has 16 or 17 pairs of legs in both sexes and varies from light to dark pink on the dorsal surface and from dark to light brown on the ventral surface. Males of this species range from 12 mm to 14 mm in length.[3] Also known as the Xhosa velvet worm,[4] this species is found in the Eastern Cape province in South Africa.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Oliveira, I.. Hering, L.. Mayer, G.. amp. Updated Onychophora checklist. Onychophora Website. 24 November 2016.
  2. Daniels . Savel R. . Dambire . Charlene . Klaus . Sebastian . Sharma . Prashant P. . 2016 . Unmasking alpha diversity, cladogenesis and biogeographical patterning in an ancient panarthropod lineage (Onychophora: Peripatopsidae: Opisthopatus cinctipes) with the description of five novel species . Cladistics . en . 32 . 5 . 506–537 . 10.1111/cla.12154 . 1096-0031 . 34727674 . 49525550. free .
  3. Barnes . Aaron . Daniels . Savel R. . 2022 . Refining species boundaries among velvet worms (Onychophora, Peripatopsidae), with the description of two new species of Opisthopatus from South Africa . Invertebrate Biology . en . 141 . 2 . 10.1111/ivb.12368 . 248171576 . 1077-8306.
  4. Web site: Xhosa Velvetworm (Opisthopatus amaxhosa) . 2023-03-12 . iNaturalist . en.

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