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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. 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 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 per ...
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* Onychophoran orders {{Onychophore-stub