Peripatidae
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Peripatidae is a family of velvet worm
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Velvet worm
The velvet worms are a minor ecdysozoan phylum. These obscurely segmented organisms have tiny eyes, antennae, multiple pairs of legs and slime glands. They have variously been compared to worms with legs, caterpillars and slugs...
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Genera
- EoperipatusEoperipatusEoperipatus is a genus of invertebrate in the Peripatidae family.It contains the following species:* Eoperipatus horsti Evans, 1901* Eoperipatus sumatranus * Eoperipatus weldoni Evans, 1901...
(3 species) - EpiperipatusEpiperipatusEpiperipatus is a genus of invertebrate in the Peripatidae family.It contains the following sixteen species:* Epiperipatus barbadensis * Epiperipatus barbouri * Epiperipatus biolleyi...
(16 species) - HeteroperipatusHeteroperipatusHeteroperipatus is a small genus of invertebrate in the Peripatidae family.It contains the following two species:* Heteroperipatus clarki * Heteroperipatus engelhardi Zilch, 1954...
(2 species) - MacroperipatusMacroperipatusMacroperipatus is a genus of onychophoran.It contains the following eight species:* Macroperipatus acacioi * Macroperipatus geayi * Macroperipatus guianensis...
(8 species) - MesoperipatusMesoperipatusMesoperipatus is a monospecific genus of onychophoran in the Peripatidae family, endemic to the Republic of the Congo.-References:* New, T. R. 1996. . Downloaded on 5 August 2007....
(1 species) - OroperipatusOroperipatusOroperipatus is a genus of invertebrate in the Peripatidae family.It contains the following species:* Oroperipatus balzani * Oroperipatus belli * Oroperipatus bimbergi...
(20 species) - PeripatusPeripatusPeripatus is a genus of Onychophora . It is an invertebrate which gives birth to live young rather than laying eggs. It is said to be a living fossil because it has been unchanged for approximately...
(13 species) - PlicatoperipatusPlicatoperipatusPlicatoperipatus is a monospecific genus of onychophoran, endemic to Jamaica, in the Peripatidae family.-References:* New, T. R. 1996. . Downloaded on 5 August 2007....
(1 species) - SpeleoperipatusSpeleoperipatusSpeleoperipatus is a monospecific genus of Jamaican onychophoran.-Source:* New, T.R. 1996. . Downloaded on 5 August 2007....
(1 species) - Typhloperipatus (1 species)