New Zealand Invertebrates

11005-11815 Caversham peripatus (Peripatoides 'Dunedin') close-up inside rotten log. 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. Caversham Valley, Dunedin *

velvet wormOnychophoralive bearer