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    • onychophorans
    • Velvet Worms
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    • Onychophora

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Recent Observations

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Observer

aeshaul

Date

Feb 15, 2011

Place

Tiputini Ecuador (Google, OSM)
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Observer

víctoracosta

Date

Jun 26, 2010 04:30 PM CST

Place

(Somewhere...)

Description

Unknown specie and genera. Could be Epiperipatus spp, even a new specie. In analysis.

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Observer

víctoracosta

Date

May 20, 2011

Description

The biggest specie described in the World , publish in 2010.
Paper: http://www.scielo.sa.cr/pdf/rbt/v58n4/a06v58n4.pdf
This observation was made with Brian Kubicki, Federico Granados, Cristian Herrera and Allan Solano.

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Description from Wikipedia

The velvet worms (Onychophora — literally "claw bearers") are a minor Ecdysozoan phylum. The segmented worm-like organisms have tiny eyes, antennae, multiple pairs of legs and slime glands. Most common in tropical regions of the Southern Hemisphere, they prey on smaller animals such as insects, which they catch by squirting an adhesive slime. In modern zoology they are particularly renowned for their curious mating behaviour and for bearing live young. They are becoming increasingly popular as...

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