Opisthopatus laevis explained

Opisthopatus laevis is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatopsidae family.[1] This species has 16 pairs of legs. The type locality is in South Africa.[2] The validity of this species is uncertain:[3] Some authorities consider O. laevis invalid even as a subspecies of O. cinctipes, a similar species also found in South Africa,[4] [5] but other authorities recognize O. laevis as a separate species, citing the significant distance (570 km) between the type localities of these two species.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Oliveira, I.. Hering, L.. Mayer, G.. amp. Updated Onychophora checklist. Onychophora Website. 24 November 2016.
  2. Oliveira. I. S.. Read. V. M. S. J.. Mayer. G.. A world checklist of Onychophora (velvet worms), with notes on nomenclature and status of names. ZooKeys. 2012. 211. 1–70. 10.3897/zookeys.211.3463. 22930648. 3426840. free. 2012ZooK..211....1O .
  3. Ruhberg . Hilke . Hamer . Michelle L. . 2005 . A new species of Opisthopatus Purcell, 1899 (Onychophora: Peripatopsidae) from KwaZulu–Natal, South Africa . Zootaxa . 1039 . 27–38 . 10.5281/zenodo.169797 . ResearchGate.
  4. Hamer . M.L. . Samways . M.J. . Ruhberg . H. . 1997 . A review of the Onychophora of South Africa, with discussion of their conservation . Annals of the Natal Museum . 38 . 1 . 283–312.
  5. 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. free . 34727674 .

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