櫛蠶
櫛蠶(Peripatus)亦可稱天鵝絨蟲、黏液蟲等。陸生,外形像毛毛蟲,足多且成對,頭部有鬚,體表有環但不分節,兼具節肢動物與環節動物的部分特徵,是有爪動物門的代表性生物。昆蟲學家認為櫛蠶是環節動物與節肢動物演進之間的連結。
櫛蠶屬 | |
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科学分类 | |
界: | 动物界 Animalia |
门: | 有爪动物门 Onychophora |
纲: | 有爪纲 Udeonychophora |
目: | 真有爪目 Euonychophora |
科: | 栉蚕科 Peripatidae |
属: | 栉蚕属 Peripatus Guilding, 1826 |
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習性
櫛蠶是夜行性的獵食動物。它會從頭部兩側的觸鬚噴出白色液體裹住獵物-通常是其他小昆蟲;液體一接觸空氣就會硬化,使得獵物無法掙脫;接著在以下顎在獵物的外骨骼上開洞,注入消化酶;最後吸食已半消化的獵物糜液。
種類
- Peripatus basilensis Brues, 1935
- Peripatus bouvieri Fuhrmann, 1913
- Peripatus brolemanni Bouvier, 1899
- Peripatus danicus Bouvier, 1900
- Peripatus darlingtoni Brues, 1935
- Peripatus dominicae Pollard, 1894
- Peripatus evelinae (Marcus, 1937)
- Peripatus haitiensis Brues, 1913
- Peripatus heloisae Carvalho, 1941
- Peripatus juanensis Bouvier, 1900
- Peripatus juliformis Guilding, 1826
- Peripatus lachauxensis Brues, 1935
- Peripatus manni Brues, 1913
- Peripatus ruber Fuhrmann, 1913
- Peripatus sedgwicki Bouvier, 1899
- Peripatus solorzanoi Morera-Brenes & Monge-Nájera, 2010, Solórzano's velvet worm
- Peripatus swainsonae Cockerell, 1893
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