Landcare Research - Manaaki Whenua

Landcare-Research -Manaaki Whenua

Peripatus

Peripatoides indigo Ruhberg

Pūtoi: Onychophora
Whānau: Peripatopsidae

Te Tītaringa

  • Kei Aotearoa me ētahi atu whenua o te Tuakoi Tonga. He maha ngā momo māori.
  • Kitea ai i roto, i raro i ngā poro rākau, i raro i ngā kōhatu, i roto anō i ngā otaota rau.

Te Huringa Ora

  • Ka whaiwhai kai māna. Ka tukuna he wai hāpiapia hei hopu i ana kai.
  • Ka karangatia anō e ētahi he noke ‘velvet’.
  • Nō tētahi karangatanga o tua whakarere, e kīia ana ko rātou te hono i waenga i ngā annelid me ngā arthropod.