Southern Velvet Worms
Peripatopsidae
Peripatopsidae is one of the two living velvet worm families.
40 branches of this family, most-observed first
Peripatoides
genusPeripatoides
Cape velvet worms
genusPeripatopsis
Ooperipatellus
genusOoperipatellus
Hylonomoipos
genusHylonomoipos
Anoplokaros
genusAnoplokaros
Ooperipatus
genusOoperipatus
Grassveld velvet worms
genusOpisthopatus
Kumbadjena
genusKumbadjena
Nodocapitus
genusNodocapitus
Euperipatoides
genusEuperipatoides
Metaperipatus
genusMetaperipatus
Austroperipatus
genusAustroperipatus
Occiperipatoides
genusOcciperipatoides
Paropisthopatus
genusParopisthopatus
Ruhbergia
genusRuhbergia
Paraperipatus
genusParaperipatus
Cephalofovea
genusCephalofovea
giant velvet worm
genusTasmanipatus
Tallaganda dickhead
genusPhallocephale
lawn-headed velvet worms
genusPlanipapillus
Minyplanetes
genusMinyplanetes
Leucopatus
genusLeucopatus
Diemenipatus
genusDiemenipatus
Aethrikos
genusAethrikos
Lathropatus
genusLathropatus
Mantonipatus
genusMantonipatus
Wambalana
genusWambalana
Konothele
genusKonothele
Acanthokara
genusAcanthokara
Aktinothele
genusAktinothele
Florelliceps
genusFlorelliceps
Dystactotylos
genusDystactotylos
Dactylothele
genusDactylothele
Critolaus
genusCritolaus
Leuropezos
genusLeuropezos
Vescerro
genusVescerro
Regimitra
genusRegimitra
Tetrameraden
genusTetrameraden
Sphenoparme
genusSphenoparme
Baeothele
genusBaeothele
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 85981.