Taxonomy Profile: Opisthopatus roseus (Lawrence 1947)

Opisthopatus roseus: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Species
Synonym(s):
Common Name(s):
pink velvet worm []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Opisthopatus roseus: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Protostomia
Superdivision : Ecdysozoa
Phylum : Onychophora
velvet worms |
onychophorans |
Order : Euonycophora
Genus : Opisthopatus
Species : Opisthopatus roseus
pink velvet worm |
Opisthopatus roseus Direct Children(s):
Opisthopatus roseus: References
Expert(s):
Source(s):
Source:
2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 27-Feb-2006
Acquired:
2006-02-27
Notes:
http://www.redlist.org/
Reference for:
Opisthopatus roseus
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Hamer, M. L., M. J. Samways, and H. Ruhberg
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1997-11-01 / 1997-11-01
Article/Chapter Title:
A review of the Onychophora of South Africa, with discussion of their conservation
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Annales of the Natal Museum, vol. 38
Page(s):
283-312
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/0304-0798
Notes:
Reference for:
Opisthopatus roseus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Ruhberg, Hilke
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1985-01-01 / 1985-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Die Peripatopsidae (Onchophora) Systematik, Ökologie, Chorologie und phylogenetische Aspekte
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Zoologica, vol. 46, no. 137
Page(s):
vi+183
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
3-510-55023-4/0044-5088
Notes:
Reference for:
Opisthopatus roseus
Opisthopatus roseus: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Africa
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Opisthopatus roseus: Comments
Comment:
Listed as Critically Endangered on IUCN Red List