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Peripatopsidae - a family of Onychophora

arthropod family - any of the arthropods

class Onychophora, Onychophora - enigmatic small elongated wormlike terrestrial invertebrates of damp dark habitats in warm regions; distinct from the phylum Annelida; resemble slugs with legs and are sometimes described as the missing link between arthropods and annelids

genus Peripatopsis, Peripatopsis - type genus of Peripatopsidae; onychophorans of chiefly Asiatic and African tropical regions

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Environmental factors influencing the presence and abundance of a log-dwelling invertebrate, Euperipatoides rowelli (Onychophora: Peripatopsidae).

The relationship between humidity, light and the activity pattern of a velvet worm, Epiperipatus sp

Immunolocalization of arthropsin in the onychophoran Euperipatoides rowelli (Peripatopsidae).

Opsins and Their Expression Patterns in the Xiphosuran Limulus polyphemus

Modern velvet worms are classified in two families, Peripatidae and Peripatopsidae. The early diversification of these groups pre-dates the break-up of Pangaea, maintaining regionalization even in landmasses that have remained contiguous throughout the history of the Onychophora (Murienne, Daniels, Buckley, Mayer, & Giribet, 2014).

The geographic distribution of Costa Rican velvet worms (Onychophora: peripatidae)

Social behaviour in an Australian velvet worm, Euperipatoides rowelli (Onychophora: Peripatopsidae).

First record of an onychophoran (Onychophora, Peripatidae) feeding on a theraphosid spider (Araneae, Theraphosidae)

There are two living families: the egg-laying Peripatopsidae occuring in Chile, South Africa and Oceania, and the Peripatidae that bears live young and occurs in the Neotropics, and in isolated tropical areas of Africa and Asia (Bouvier 1905, 1907, Ruhberg 1985).

A new giant species of placented worm and the mechanism by which onychophorans weave their nets

1999) (Peripatopsidae) han reportado la presencia de lipidos, carbohidratos, proteina, agua (90%), nonilfenol como surfactante y glicina, prolina y lisina como los aminoacidos mas abundantes en la secrecion.

Taxonomia de onicoforos de Santander, Colombia y termogravimetria, calorimetria de barrido diferencial y espectroscopia infrarroja de la secrecion adhesiva (Onychophora: Peripatidae)