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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 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.
Deroceras invadens (tramp slug) Deroceras laeve (marsh slug) [11] Euglandina rosea (rosy wolfsnail) Limax flavus (yellow slug) [11] Milax gagates (greenhouse slug) [11] Mytilus galloprovincialis (Mediterranean mussel) [12] Pinctada radiata (Gulf pearl oyster) Pseudosuccinea columella (mimic lymnaea) Semimytilus algosus (Pacific mussel)
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 .
Peripatopsis sedgwicki is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatopsidae family. [1] [2] [3] Also known as the Tsitsikamma velvet worm, [4] this species has a narrow geographic distribution in South Africa but is especially abundant in the indigenous forest of the Tsitsikamma mountains.
Morera-Brenes and Monge-Nájera first described this species in 2010 under the name Peripatus solorzanoi. [4] In 2020, however, Morera-Brenes and two other biologists at the Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica (José Pablo Barquero-González and Steven Sánchez-Vargas) created a new genus, Mongeperipatus, to contain the newly discovered type species, M. kekoldi, as well as M. solorzanoi. [6]
Trombidiidae, also known as red velvet mites, true velvet mites, [2] or rain bugs, are small arachnids (eight-legged arthropods) found in plant litter and are known for their bright red color. While adults are typically no more than 4 mm (0.16 in) in length, some species can grow larger and the largest, including the African Dinothrombium ...