Peripatopsidae is one of the two living velvet worm families. The Peripatopsidae exhibit relatively many characteristics that are perceived as original...

greater. The two extant families of velvet worms are Peripatidae and Peripatopsidae. They show a peculiar distribution, with the peripatids being predominantly...

Planipapillus absonus is a species of velvet worm in the family Peripatopsidae. It was described by James K. Douch and Amanda L. Reid in 2023. The specific...

Euperipatoides kanangrensis is a species of velvet worm of the Peripatopsidae family, described in 1996 from specimens collected in Kanangra-Boyd National...

the white cave velvet worm, is a species of velvet worm in the family Peripatopsidae. This species is notable as one of only two species of velvet worm known...

published his first zoological papers, on velvet worms in the family Peripatopsidae). In later life he has become increasingly concerned with problems in...

of features that differentiate it from other members of the family Peripatopsidae found in Western Australia. It has 16 pairs of oncopods, unstructured...

Opisthopatus cinctipes is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatopsidae family. This species has 16 pairs of legs, all with claws and all used for walking...

Opisthopatus amaxhosa is a species of velvet worm in the family Peripatopsidae. This species is a clade in the O. cinctipes species complex. This species...

Opisthopatus roseus is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatopsidae family. As traditionally defined, this species is rose pink with 18 pairs of legs...

Opisthopatus highveldi is a species of velvet worm in the family Peripatopsidae. This species is a clade in the O. cinctipes species complex. This species...

Ooperipatus centunculus is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatopsidae family. Ooperipatus centunculus was described by Reid in 1996, from specimens...

classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Onychophora Family: Peripatopsidae Genus: Peripatoides Species: P. novaezealandiae Binomial name Peripatoides...

Opisthopatus natalensis is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatopsidae family. This species has 16 pairs of legs. The type locality is in South Africa...

Peripatopsis hamerae is a species of velvet worm in the family Peripatopsidae. This species is a clade in the P. moseleyi species complex. The original...

As of 19 August 2018, the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species has identified 3,005 critically endangered species, subspecies, stocks and subpopulations...

range of derivative features. They are longer, on average, than the Peripatopsidae and also have more leg pairs. The number of legs in the Peripatidae...

Peripatopsis moseleyi is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatopsidae family. Males of this species (as traditionally defined) have 20 to 24 pairs of...

Austroperipatus eridelos is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatopsidae family. This species has 15 pairs of legs in both sexes. Oliveira I.; Hering...

Euperipatoides is a genus of ovoviviparous velvet worms in the family Peripatopsidae. All species in this genus have 15 pairs of legs in both sexes. All...

Opisthopatus drakensbergi is a species of velvet worms in the family Peripatopsidae. This species is a clade in the O. cinctipes species complex. This species...

Ooperipatellus viridimaculatus is a species of velvet worm in the family Peripatopsidae. This species is oviparous, has 14 pairs of legs, ranges from 30 mm...

Planipapillus gracilis is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatopsidae family. This species is oviparous, has 15 pairs of legs, and lives in and under...

Planipapillus is a genus of velvet worms in the family Peripatopsidae, whose species are found in eastern Victoria and southeastern New South Wales, Australia...

Opisthopatus herbertorum is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatopsidae family. The type locality is in South Africa. As originally described, this...

barretti, the giant velvet worm, is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatopsidae family. It is the sole species in the genus Tasmanipatus and is ovoviviparous...

Kroombit Tops, Queensland, Australia. Reid, A. L. (1996). "Review of the Peripatopsidae (Onychophora) in Australia, with comments on peripatopsid relationships"...

clavigera, the Knysna velvet worm, is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatopsidae family. This species has 16 pairs of legs and ranges from 4 mm to 17...

Opisthopatus is a genus of South African velvet worms in the family Peripatopsidae. The number of legs in this genus range from 16 pairs (e.g., in O. cinctipes)...

Carbotubulus Mureropodia No classes, no orders, families Peripatidae and Peripatopsidae Class Eutardigrada Order Apochela Family Milnesiidae Order Parachela...