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Belocaulus angustipes, the black-velvet leatherleaf slug, is a species of land slug in the family Veronicellidae native to South American tropical regions. [1]
Veronicella sloanii, [3] [4] commonly called the pancake slug, is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial, pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Veronicellidae, the leatherleaf slugs. Description
The Veronicellidae, also known by their common name the leatherleaf slugs, are a family of pulmonate terrestrial slugs. The herbivorous molluscs occur mainly in the tropical and subtropical areas of America, Asia and Africa. They act as intermediate hosts of the rat lung worm Angiostrongylus costaricensis, and act as a vector for other human ...
Peripatopsis is a genus of velvet worms in the Peripatopsidae family. [1] [2] These velvet worms are found in the KwaZulu-Natal, Western Cape, and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa. [3] This genus was proposed by the British zoologist Reginald I. Pocock in 1894 with Peripatopsis capensis designated as the type species. [4]
Peripatopsis aereus is a species of velvet worm in the family Peripatopsidae. [1] This species is known only from the Riviersonderend Mountains in South Africa.This velvet worm was discovered living in sympatry with another species in the same genus, P. lawrencei.
Eleutherocaulis haroldi, known as Purcell's hunter slug [4] or the caterpillar slug, [1] is a species of tropical land slug in the family Veronicellidae, the leatherleaf slugs. [3] It was first formally named Laevicaulis haroldi in 1980.
Laevicaulis alte is a round, dark-coloured slug with no shell, 7 or 8 cm (2.8 or 3.1 in) long. Its skin is slightly tuberculated. The central keel is beige in colour.. This slug has a unique, very narrow foot; juvenile specimens have a foot 1 mm (0.039 in) wide and adult specimens have a foot that is only 4 or 5 mm (0.16 or 0.20 in) wide.
It is a social species, which is found in South Africa and Madagascar. [1] The genome sequence was published in 2014. [ 2 ] Similar to closely related species such as Stegodyphus sarasinorum , S. mimosarum engages in communal living which involves remaining with the same colony even when prey availability is low, moving away in order to expand ...