The geographic distribution of Costa Rican velvet worms (Onychophora: Peripatidae)

Abstract:Velvet worms, “peripatus” or onychophorans, are “living fossils” that were geographically widespread in Cambrian seas but now occur exclusively on terrestrial habitats. The only extant species studied in some detail are those from Costa Rica, but thei...

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Main Authors: Barquero-González,José Pablo, Cabrera Alvarado,Adrián Alonso, Valle-Cubero,Stephanie, Monge-Nájera,Julián, Morera-Brenes,Bernal
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Costa Rica 2016
Online Access:http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-77442016000401401
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