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A small phylum of soft-bodied terrestrial invertebrates, commonly known as velvet worms, living in tropical, subtropical, and temperate forests. The...



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Figure 1.Peripatoides novaezealandiae from Wellington, New Zealand. (Photo courtesy of H. Ruhberg and H. Bosch)
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Figure 2.Internal anatomy of a generalized female velvet worm (lateral view). (Courtesy of H. Ruhberg, Onychophora, Stummelfüßer, pp. 447–455, in W. Westheide and R. Rieger, eds., Spezielle Zoologie, Teil 1, Einzeller und Wirbellose Tiere, 2d ed., Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, München, Germany, 2006)
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Figure 3.Body segment and walking leg of midbody (transverse section). (Courtesy of H. Ruhberg, Onychophora, Stummelfüßer, pp. 447–455, in W. Westheide and R. Rieger (eds.), Spezielle Zoologie, Teil 1, Einzeller und Wirbellose Tiere, 2d ed., Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, München, Germany, 2006)
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