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''Leuropezos'' is a
monospecific genus In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispe ...
of
velvet worm Onychophora (from , , "claws"; and , , "to carry"), commonly known as velvet worms (for their velvety texture and somewhat wormlike appearance) or more ambiguously as peripatus (after the first described genus, '' Peripatus''), is a phylum of e ...
containing the single species ''Leuropezos eungellensis''. This species has 15 pairs of legs in both sexes. The type locality of this species is Eungella National Park, Queensland, Australia.


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* Onychophorans of Australasia Monotypic onychophoran genera Fauna of Queensland Endemic fauna of Australia Taxa named by Amanda Reid (malacologist) {{Onychophora-stub