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Charles Darwin Foundation Galapagos Species Checklist


Onychophorans; Velvet worms

The velvet worms are a small group of segmented worm-like organisms with tiny eyes, antennae, multiple pairs of legs, and slime glands. They are common in tropical regions, where they prey on smaller animals such as insects, trapping them with their adhesive slime.

Author: Henri W. Herrera.

Other Contributors: Sandra Abedrabbo, Fabián Bersosa, Ruth Boada, Charlotte Causton, Germania Estévez, Lilian Guzmán, María T. Lasso, Maria Piedad Lincango, Alejandro Mieles, Renato Oquendo, Helmut W. Rogg, Lázaro Roque-Álbelo.

Names of taxa included: 1.

Onychophora Species Checklist

Domain Eukaryota

Kingdom Animalia

Division Onychophora

Class Onychophora class indet.

Order Onychophorida 

Family Peripatidae

Genus Peripatus

Peripatus capensis  Grube, 1866

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This list should be cited as follows:

Herrera, H. W. (2011). CDF Checklist of Galapagos Onychophorans; Velvet worms - FCD Lista de especies de Gusanos de terciopelo de Galápagos. In: Bungartz, F., Herrera, H., Jaramillo, P., Tirado, N., Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G., Ruiz, D., Guézou, A. & Ziemmeck, F. (eds.). Charles Darwin Foundation Galapagos Species Checklist - Lista de Especies de Galápagos de la Fundación Charles Darwin. Charles Darwin Foundation / Fundación Charles Darwin, Puerto Ayora, Galapagos: http://www.darwinfoundation.org/datazone/checklists/terrestrial-invertebrates/onychophora/ Last updated 20 Apr 2011.