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Panarthropoda. Peripatus

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Panarthropoda. Peripatus

Description

Phylum Onychophora
Peripatus
It lives in rainforests and other moist, leafy habitats in tropical and subtropical regions and in some temperate regions of the Southern Hemisphere.
External anatomy: head with a pair of antennae, and pairs of unjointed legs.
Internal anatomy of a female individual: nervous system (brain, double ventral nerve cord), salivary and slime glands, digestive system (green), tracheal system, reproductive system (pink).
Separately, on the top, claw-like mandibles; bottom, right, male reproductive system with testicles and seminal vesicles.

People


Anonimo (Author)
Ortolan, Monica (Digitiser)
Nalesso, Federica (Digitiser)
Biblioteca Vallisneri - Università di Padova (Digitiser)

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image/jpeg (659.32 kB)
wallchart (height: 100 cm, width: 77 cm)

Object languages:

Latin

Sources


• Cassettiera

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