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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]
Peripatopsis moseleyi is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatopsidae family. [1] Males of this species (as traditionally defined) have 20 to 24 pairs of legs with claws (plus one pair without claws); [2] females have 19 to 23 pairs of legs with claws (plus one pair without claws). [3]
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.
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 ...
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.
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]
This species has a maximum size of 70 mm. [2] The background color is deep black. The margin of the parapods and body are marked with a thin electric blue line. The two rather long "tails" at the end of the animal are characteristic of the genus Chelidonura, the left one is always longer.
Peripatopsis alba, the white cave velvet worm, is a species of velvet worm in the family Peripatopsidae. [1] This species is notable as one of only two species of velvet worm known to be troglobitic ; the only other velvet worm known to be a troglobiont is Speleoperipatus spelaeus .