South African Peripatopsids  (Peripatopsis spp.)

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.
Carnivorous: Flesh-eating.
Fynbos: The scrubland characteristic of the Western Cape area of South Africa, consisting of bushes resembling heaths with hard leaves.
Nocturnal: Active at night.
Papillae: Any minute conical surface projection.

References

  1. IUCN Red List (May, 2006)
    http://www.redlist.org
  2. Australian Museum Online: Velvet Worms (March, 2006)
    http://www.amonline.net.au/factsheets/velvet_worms.htm
  3. UNEP-WCMC (March, 2006)
    http://www.unep-wcmc.org/
  4. Conservation International: Centre for Applied Biodiversity Science (March, 2006)
    http://www.biodiversityscience.org/publications/hotspots/MaputalandPondolandAlbany.html
  5. University of California: Museum of Paleontology (March, 2006)
    http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/onychoph/onychophora.html
  6. Animals: The animal information centre (March, 2006)
    http://www.angelfire.com/mo2/animals1/phylum/velvetworm.html
  7. Inland Invertebrate Initiative: Database of Threatened Invertebrates of South Africa (March, 2006)
    http://www.ukzn.ac.za/redlist/search_page.asp