Pink velvet worm  (Opisthopatus roseus)

Authentication

Authenticated (26/07/2006) by Dr. Michelle Hamer, Co-ordinator of the Inland Invertebrate Initiative, and member of the IUCN/SSC Southern African Working Group for Invertebrates.
http://www.ukzn.ac.za/inverts/

Glossary

  • Afromontane: the area of high altitudes on the mountains of Africa.
  • Carnivore: flesh-eating.
  • Nocturnal: active at night.
  • Papillae: any minute conical surface projections.

References

  1. IUCN Red List (May, 2006)
    http://www.redlist.org
  2. Inland Invertebrate Initiative: Database of Threatened Invertebrates of South Africa (March, 2006)
    http://www.ukzn.ac.za/redlist/detail_page.asp?id=46
  3. Australian Museum Online: Velvet Worms (March, 2006)
    http://www.amonline.net.au/factsheets/velvet_worms.htm
  4. Conservation International: Centre for Applied Biodiversity Science (March, 2006)
    http://www.biodiversityscience.org/publications/hotspots/MaputalandPondolandAlbany.html
  5. Animals: The animal information centre (March, 2006)
    http://www.angelfire.com/mo2/animals1/phylum/velvetworm.html
  6. IV Southern Connections Conference, University of Cape Town, South Africa (19-23 January 2004) - Southern Temperate Ecosystems and Biota: Contributions Towards a Global Synthesis (April, 2006)
    http://web.uct.ac.za/conferences/sc2004/docs/sc2004_programme_and_abstracts.pdf
  7. University of California: Museum of Paleontology (March, 2006)
    http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/onychoph/onychophora.html
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