Euonychophora is an order of

Onychophora Onychophora (from grc, ονυχής, , "claws"; and , , "to carry"), commonly known as velvet worms (due to their velvety texture and somewhat wormlike appearance) or more ambiguously as peripatus (after the first described genus, '' Peripatus ...

representing all living

onychophora Onychophora (from grc, ονυχής, , "claws"; and , , "to carry"), commonly known as velvet worms (due to their velvety texture and somewhat wormlike appearance) or more ambiguously as peripatus (after the first described genus, '' Peripatus ...

ns; the Peripatidae (including the fossil †'' Cretoperipatus'') and

Peripatopsidae Peripatopsidae is one of the two living velvet worm families. Description The Peripatopsidae exhibit relatively many characteristics that are perceived as original or "primitive" with respect to the Peripatidae. The number of leg pairs in this ...

. Their feet possess a pair of claws and a pad, and are covered with pustules. All remaining onychophorans are fossil species in the order

Ontonychophora Ontonychophora is an extinct order of onychophoran consisting of organisms with simple lobopods that lack terminal feet. It includes all fossil onychophorans except †'' Cretoperipatus'', which is in the Euonychophora along with all remaining m ...

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* Onychophoran orders {{Onychophore-stub