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Onychophora /ɒnɪˈkɒfərə/ (from
Ancient Gr****: ονυχής, onyches, "claws"; and φέρειν, pherein, "to carry"),
commonly known as
velvet worms (due to their...
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Nereis onychophora is a
polychaete worm of the
phylum Annelida. The type
locality is in the
Seram Sea, Indonesia. The
specific epithet,
onychophora /ɒnɪˈkɒfərə/...
- are missing. The
Ecdysozoa include the
following phyla: Arthropoda,
Onychophora, Tardigrada, Kinorhyncha, Priapulida, Loricifera, Nematoda, and Nematomorpha...
- "peripatus" (unitalicised and uncapitalised) is also used to
refer to the
Onychophora as a whole,
although this
group comprises many
other genera besides Peripatus...
- as the
three living panarthropod groups (Arthropoda,
Tardigrada and
Onychophora) are
thought to have
evolved from
lobopodian ancestors. The Lobopodian...
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containing the
extant phyla Arthropoda,
Tardigrada (water bears) and
Onychophora (velvet worms).
Panarthropods also
include extinct marine legged worms...
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Extinct in the wild (EW): 15
species Critically endangered (CR): 987
species Endangered (EN): 1,163
species Vulnerable (VU): 2,178
species Near...
- The
velvet worm (
Onychophora) is
closely related to arthropods...
- is a
group within the arthropods. In the past this
group included the
Onychophora,
which are now
considered a
separate category. The
group is currently...
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having had legs in the form of
stubby lobopods. Likewise, the
extant Onychophora are
sometimes called velvet worms despite possessing stubby legs. Wyrm...
