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Velvet Worm — printable fact sheet
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Velvet Worm
Peripatus juliformis
The velvet worm, known scientifically as Peripatus juliformis, is a soft-bodied invertebrate often found in moist, tropical environments. It is famous for its velvety texture and unique mode of locomotion, using stubby, unjointed legs to move slowly through leaf litter and decay…
Did you know?
- Peripatus and other velvet worms are among the few animals that have changed very little since the Cambrian period, making them important for studying evolutionary biology.
- Velvet worms can shoot sticky slime up to 30 centimeters to capture prey. They have both arthropod-like and annelid-like features, blurring the lines between major animal groups. Some species give birth to live young rather than laying eggs.
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