Peripatoides indigo
Encyclopedia
Peripatoides indigo is a species of peripatus
Peripatus
Peripatus is a genus of Onychophora . It is an invertebrate which gives birth to live young rather than laying eggs. It is said to be a living fossil because it has been unchanged for approximately...

 in the Peripatopsidae
Peripatopsidae
Peripatopsidae is one of the two living velvet worm families.-Genera:* Acanthokara* Aethrikos* Aktinothele* Anoplokaros* Austroperipatus* Baeothele* Centorumis* Cephalofovea* Critolaus* Dactylothele...

 family. It is endemic to New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

.
The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
 
x
OK