New Zealand Invertebrates

DSC_2795 Waipori Gorge peripatus (Peripatoides 'Dunedin') moving across moss covered beech trunk at night. The species is ovoviparous (live-bearing), and has 15 pairs of legs. It is widespread through a range of habitat, from beech forest near Outram, and urban areas (including tip sites) in Dunedin, through the tussock grasslands of Danseys Pass to its northern limits in the mixed broadleaf/podocarp forests of Peel Forest. Waipori Gorge *

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DSC_2795 Waipori Gorge peripatus (Peripatoides 'Dunedin') moving across moss covered beech trunk at night. The species is ovoviparous (live-bearing), and has 15 pairs of legs. It is widespread through a range of habitat, from beech forest near Outram, and urban areas (including tip sites) in Dunedin, through the tussock grasslands of Danseys Pass to its northern limits in the mixed broadleaf/podocarp forests of Peel Forest. Waipori Gorge *

velvet worm Onychophora live bearer