New Zealand Invertebrates

11005-11518 Esperance peripatus (Ooperipatellus viridimaculatus) an oviparous (egg laying) species with 14 pairs of legs, and with a range extending along the western South Island. Typically found in subalpine beech forest or beneath rocks in the alpine zone, from 300-1650m. Esperance Valley, Fiordland *

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11005-11518 Esperance peripatus (Ooperipatellus viridimaculatus) an oviparous (egg laying) species with 14 pairs of legs, and with a range extending along the western South Island. Typically found in subalpine beech forest or beneath rocks in the alpine zone, from 300-1650m. Esperance Valley, Fiordland *

velvet worm Onychophora Ooperipatus insignis invertebrate