''Nodocapitus'' is a genus of

velvet worm 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 ...

s in the family

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 f ...

. All species in this genus have 15 pairs of legs in both sexes. '' N. formosus'' is found in

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, '' N. inornatus'' is found in

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, and '' N. barryi'' is found in both of these states. In each species, the males are distinguished by enlarged papillae on the head, between the antennae.

Species

The genus contains the following species: * '' Nodocapitus barryi'' Reid, 1996 * '' Nodocapitus formosus'' Reid, 1996 * '' Nodocapitus inornatus'' Reid, 1996

Species

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