Taxon profile
Included taxa
Number of records: 13species Opisthopatus amaxhosa Daniels, Dambire, Klaus & Sharma, 2016
species Opisthopatus baziya Barnes & Daniels, 2022
species Opisthopatus camdebooi Barnes & Daniels, 2022
species Opisthopatus cinctipes Purcell, 1899
species Opisthopatus drakensbergi Daniels, Dambire, Klaus & Sharma, 2016
species Opisthopatus herbertorum Ruhberg & Hamer, 2005
species Opisthopatus highveldi Daniels, Dambire, Klaus & Sharma, 2016
species Opisthopatus kwazululandi Daniels, Dambire, Klaus & Sharma, 2016
species Opisthopatus roseus Lawrence, 1947
species Opisthopatus swatii Daniels, Dambire, Klaus & Sharma, 2016
Nomina dubia dub.
Links and literature
The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [1330000]
Rees, T. (compiler): The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [https://www.irmng.org] [as Opisthopatus Purcell, 1899]
Data retrieved on: 30 November 2019
I. de Sena Oliveira (2023): An updated world checklist of velvet worms (Onychophora) with notes on nomenclature and status of names, ZooKeys 1184: 133–260 [as Opisthopatus Purcell, 1899]Data retrieved on: 7 February 2025