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An undescribed species of velvet worm from Chiapas, Mexico (Onychophora: Peripatidae)
(Universidad Estatal a Distancia (Costa Rica), 2018-06)
Onychophoran worms are considered “living fossils” because
their basic body structure has changed little in 500 million
years. Only two species have been properly recorded from Mexico:
Macroperipatus perrieri from ...
The relationship between humidity, light and the activity pattern of a velvet worm, Epiperipatus sp. (Onychophora: Peripatidae), from Bahía Drake, South Pacific of Costa Rica
(Instituto Internacional de Ecología (Brasil), 2018-10-31)
Even though the Onychophora represent a whole phylum, observations of their activity pattern in nature are almost
non-existent. Here we report on the relationship between humidity and light and activity pattern of a new ...