Species of velvet worm
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Opisthopatus laevis is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatopsidae family. This species has 16 pairs of legs. The type locality is in South Africa. The validity of this species is uncertain: Some authorities consider "O. laevis" invalid even as a subspecies of "O. cinctipes", a similar species also found in South Africa, but other authorities recognize "O. laevis" as a separate species, citing the significant distance (570 km) between the type localities of these two species.
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