Peripatus
Peripatoides indigo Ruhberg
Order: Onychophora
Family: Peripatopsidae
Size range
- Up to 60 mm long
Distribution
- New Zealand and other Southern Hemisphere countries. Many New Zealand species
Life History
- Within and under logs, under stones, in leaf litter
- Predatory. Emits sticky fluid to trap prey
- Also called velvet worms
- Part of an ancient group, so–called link between annelids and arthropods
Further information
- NZ Geographic #46, April-June 2000 p. 58
- New Zealand Onychophora - more information »