Opisthopatus natalensis is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatopsidae family.[1] This species has 16 pairs of legs.[2][3] The type locality is in South Africa.[4] The validity of this species is uncertain:[5] Although some authorities have deemed O. natalensis to be a subspecies of O. cinctipes, a similar species also found in South Africa,[6] and others regard O. natalensis as invalid even as a subspecies,[7][2] still other authorities recognize O. natalensis as a separate species, citing the significant distance (656 km) between the type localities of these two species.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Onychophora |
| Family: | Peripatopsidae |
| Genus: | Opisthopatus |
| Species: | O. natalensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Opisthopatus natalensis Bouvier, 1900
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References
edit- ^ Oliveira, I.; Hering, L. & Mayer, G. "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Bouvier, E.-L. (1907). "Monographie des Onychophores". Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie et Biologie Animale (in French). 9 (5): 61–318 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ a b Oliveira, I. S.; Read, V. M. S. J. & Mayer, G. (2012). "A world checklist of Onychophora (velvet worms), with notes on nomenclature and status of names". ZooKeys (211): 1–70. Bibcode:2012ZooK..211....1O. doi:10.3897/zookeys.211.3463. PMC 3426840. PMID 22930648.
- ^ Ruhberg, Hilke; Hamer, Michelle L. (2005). "A new species of Opisthopatus Purcell, 1899 (Onychophora: Peripatopsidae) from KwaZulu–Natal, South Africa". Zootaxa. 1039: 27–38. doi:10.5281/zenodo.169797 – via ResearchGate.
- ^ Bouvier, E.-L. (1907). "Monographie des Onychophores". Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie et Biologie Animale (in French). 9 (5): 61–318 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ 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. 32 (5): 506–537. doi:10.1111/cla.12154. PMID 34727674.
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