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Peripatus Peripatoides novaezealandiae. Image: bugman_nz / CC BY NC SA
- Pūtoi
- Order
- Onychophora
- Whānau
- Family
- Peripatopsidae
Te Rahi
- Ka tipu ka 60 mm pea te roa.
Size range
- Up to 60 mm long
Te Tītaringa
- Kei Aotearoa me ētahi atu whenua o te Tuakoi Tonga. He maha ngā momo māori.
- Kitea ai i roto, i raro i ngā poro rākau, i raro i ngā kōhatu, i roto anō i ngā otaota rau.
Distribution
- New Zealand and other Southern Hemisphere countries. Many New Zealand species
Te Huringa Ora
- Ka whaiwhai kai māna. Ka tukuna he wai hāpiapia hei hopu i ana kai.
- Ka karangatia anō e ētahi he noke ‘velvet’.
- Nō tētahi karangatanga o tua whakarere, e kīia ana ko rātou te hono i waenga i ngā annelid me ngā arthropod.
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
He pārongo atu anō
- Peripatus (Onchyphora)
- Tohutoro: NZ Geographic #46 Paengawhāwhā-Pipiri 2000 wh 58
Further information
- Peripatus (Onchyphora)
- NZ Geographic #46, April-June 2000 p. 58
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