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Typhloperipatus williamsoni Kemp, 1913

Red velvet worm

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Last record: December 1911 (Narayanan et al., 2025)

Since Rediscovered (Narayanan et al., 2025)

 

Distribution & Habitat

Arunachal Pradesh, India

 

Anatomy & Morphology

 

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

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References

Narayanan, Surya, Priyadarsanan, D. R., Ranjith, A. P., Sahanashree, R. and Ananthram, Aravind Neelavar. (2025). Rediscovery and phylogenetic position of a long-lost Typhloperipatus williamsoni Kemp, 1913 (Onychophora: Peripatidae) after 111 years from Arunachal Pradesh, India. Journal of Natural History 59(17-20): 1167-1180. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2483434

 

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