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Onychophora

Onychophora /ɒnɪˈkɒfərə/ (from Ancient Greek: ονυχής, onyches, "claws"; and φέρειν, pherein, "to carry"), commonly known as velvet worms (for their velvety texture and somewhat worm-like appearance), is a phylum of long, soft-bodied, many-legged animals. In appearance, they have variously been compared to worms with legs, caterpillars, and slugs. All…

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related to Distribution · 30
Onychophora → Antennipatus, Australia, Caribbean, Central America, Chile, Extinct, France, Gabon, Galapagos, Helenodora, Meanwhile, Members, New Guinea, New Zealand, Northeast India, Northern Hemisphere, One, Peripatidae, Peripatopsidae, Santa Cruz Island
related to Velvet worms and their diversification · 19
Onychophora → Antennipatus, Based, Carbotubulus, French Antennipatus, Helenodora, However, Lagerstätte, Late Pennsylvanian, Mid Pennsylvanian Mazon Creek, Montceau-les-Mines, Murdock, Originally, Paucipodia, Peripatidae, Peripatopsidae, Stephanian, The, This, United States
related to External links · 16
Onychophora → Archived, Deadly Velvet Worm, Encyclopædia Britannica, FlickrI, Hering, June, Mayer, Nov, Oliveira, Onychophora Website, Peripatus, RNZ Critter, Smithsonian Channel, The Slimy, Week, Youtube
related to Insights on decay and fossilization · 16
Onychophora → After, Around, At, Before, Due, Even, Experiments, However, In, Interestingly, It's, Most, Salinity, The, These, This
related to Feeding · 15
Onychophora → Araneae, Blattidae, Chilopoda, Depending, Gastropoda, Gryllidae, In, Isopoda, Isoptera, Myriapoda, Ninety, Psocoptera, The, They, Velvet
related to Skin and muscle · 15
Onychophora → Although, At, Beneath, Between, In, Instead, It, Moulting, Peripatidae, Peripatopsidae, Pressure, The, This, Unlike, Within
related to Conservation status · 12
Onychophora → CR Opisthopatus, CR Peripatopsis, CR Speleoperipatus, DD Mesoperipatus, EN Leucopatus, EN Macroperipatus, IUCN, NT Plicatoperipatus, The, To, VU Peripatoides, VU Peripatopsis
related to Classification · 11
Onychophora → Antennacanthopodia, Antennipatus, As, Compared, Late Devonian, Peripatidae, Peripatopsidae, The, This, To, Tritonychus
related to Emergence from lobopodians · 11
Onychophora → An, Antennacanthopodia, Cambrian Stage, Certain, Early Cambrian, How, However, Ordovician, Silurian, These, When Onychophora
related to Anatomy and physiology · 9
Onychophora → Although, Mongeperipatus, Ooperipatellus, Plicatoperipatus, Segmentation, The, Their, They, Velvet

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worms velvet species body prey slime two also found peripatidae papillae needed known citation skin around arthropods peripatopsidae antennae claws

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Onychophorais aonly phylum of animal that is wholly endemic to terrestrial environments0.90text
moss cushionsinstance ofin micro-habitats0.80text
leaf litterinstance ofin micro-habitats0.80text
rotting woodinstance ofin micro-habitats0.80text
termite tunnelsinstance ofin micro-habitats0.80text
soil crevicesinstance ofin micro-habitats0.80text
and under stonesinstance ofin micro-habitats0.80text
tree trunksinstance ofin micro-habitats0.80text
various spidersinstance ofEcologyThe velvet worm's important predators are primarily arthropods0.80text
centipedesinstance ofEcologyThe velvet worm's important predators are primarily arthropods0.80text
along with tetrapods such as rodentsinstance ofEcologyThe velvet worm's important predators are primarily arthropods0.80text
birdsinstance ofEcologyThe velvet worm's important predators are primarily arthropods0.80text

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