onyches, "claws"; and φέρειν, pherein, "to carry"), commonly known as velvet worms (due to their velvety texture and somewhat wormlike appearance) or more...

called worms or "worm-like animals" despite having had legs in the form of stubby lobopods. Likewise, the extant Onychophora are sometimes called velvet worms...

shown to reproduce parthenogenetically. This species is the only known velvet worm to reproduce via parthenogenesis. In bdelloid rotifers, females reproduce...

which can reach up to 9 m (30 ft) in length. The largest velvet worm known is Solórzano's velvet worm (Peripatus solorzanoi). An adult female was recorded...

Tashan cave snail (Trogloiranica tashanica) Zospeum tholussum White cave velvet worm (Peripatopsis alba) Speleoperipatus spelaeus Kauaʻi cave wolf spider...

(phylum); velvet worm 19 pairs: Typhloperipatus williamsoni (monotypic genus & species), Peripatidae (family), Onychophora (phylum); velvet worm (19 or 20...

Eoperipatus totoro is a species of velvet worm of the family Peripatidae. This species is notable as the first velvet worm from Vietnam to be formally described...

known as Solórzano's velvet worm, is a species of velvet worm in the family Peripatidae. This species is the largest known velvet worm, reaching 22 cm (8...

white cave velvet worm, is a species of velvet worm in the family Peripatopsidae. This species is notable as one of only two species of velvet worm known to...

front. Lobopodians are a grade of Paleozoic panarthropods from which the velvet worms, water bears, and arthropods arose. Hallucigenia is a 0.5–5.5 cm (3⁄16–2+3⁄16 in)...