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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
Peripatopsis leonina Purcell, 1899 Lion's Hill velvet worm 1900 Lion's Hill, Western Cape Province, South Africa Missing Access

 

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