A new species of Opisthopatus Purcell, 1899 (Onychophora: Peripatopsidae) from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1039, 2005, Pages 27-38

  Ruhberg, Hilke ^a   Hamer, Michelle L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Conservation; Forest invertebrates; Onychophora; Opisthopatus herbertorum sp. nov.; Peripatopsidae; South Africa; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

INVERTEBRATA; MYRIAPODA; ONYCHOPHORA; OPISTHOPATUS; PERIPATOPSIDAE; PERIPATOPSIS;

EID: 33745251014     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1039.1.3     Document Type: Article

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