Phylum-Onchophora

     Characteristics

•  Peripatus/Velvet worms
•  Habitat: Terrestrial (moist, dark micro habitats) within and under rotten logs, leaf litter, under stones crevices in rocks or soil.
•  Reproduction: Oviparous/ Viviparous

  Annelid like features:

1)    Segmentation

2)    Musculature

3)    Excretory system- nephridia

  Arthropod like features:

1)    Reparatory tree of trachea

2)    Chitin exoskeleton

3)    Mouth parts with jaws.

  Specific character for Onychophora:

                   Presence of oral papalia