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Onychophora (Velvet Worms)

 

Class: Udeonycophora

Order: Euonycophora

Family: Peripatidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Epiperipatus isthmicola (Bouvier, 1902) - (rediscovered) Costa Rica Rediscovered Access
             
Oroperipatus eisenii (Wheeler, 1898) - (rediscovered) Mexico Rediscovered Access
             
Plicatoperipatus jamaicensis (Grabham & Cockerell, 1892)   (rediscovered) Jamaica Rediscovered Access

 

Family: Peripatopsidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile

Opisthopatus roseus

Lawrence, 1947 Pink velvet worm (rediscovered) Ngele Forest, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Rediscovered? Access
             
Peripatopsis clavigera Purcell, 1899 Knysna velvet worm (rediscovered) South Africa Rediscovered? Access
             
Peripatopsis leonina Purcell, 1899 Lion's Hill velvet worm 1900 Lion's Hill, Western Cape Province, South Africa Missing Access

 

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