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A new giant species of placented worm and the mechanism by which onychophorans weave their nets (Onychophora: Peripatidae)

Onychophorans, or velvet worms, are poorly known and rare animals. Here we report the discovery of a new species that is also the largest onychophoran found so far, a 22cm long female from the Caribbean coastal forest of Costa Rica. Specimens were examined with Scanning Electron Microscopy; Peripatu...

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Publicado en:Revista de Biología Tropical
Main Authors: Bernal Morera-Brenes, Julián Monge-Nájera
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: Universidad de Costa Rica 2010
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Acceso en liña:https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=44918952006
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