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"External form of Peripatus." -Thomson, 1916

Peripatus

"External form of Peripatus." -Thomson, 1916

Peripatus capensis, a velvet worm.

Peripatus Capensis

Peripatus capensis, a velvet worm.

The velvet worm, Peripatus capensis.

Velvet Worm

The velvet worm, Peripatus capensis.

Peripatus is a genus of Onychophora (Velvet worms). It is said to be a living fossil because it has been unchanged for approximately 570 million years. Peripatus is a nocturnal carnivore. It feeds by trapping its prey (mostly small insects) in a white, sticky fluid it ejects from two antennae near its head. The fluid hardens on contact with the air and then the prey becomes immoblized.

Peripatus

Peripatus is a genus of Onychophora (Velvet worms). It is said to be a living fossil because it has…