''Nodocapitus'' is a genus of

velvet worm Onychophora (from , , "claws"; and , , "to carry"), commonly known as velvet worms (for their velvety texture and somewhat wormlike appearance) or more ambiguously as peripatus (after the first described genus, '' Peripatus''), is a phylum of e ...

s in the family

Peripatopsidae Peripatopsidae or the Southern Velvet Worms are one of two extant families of velvet worm. This family includes more than 140 described species distributed among 41 genera, but some authorities deem only 131 of these species to be valid. The Fre ...

. 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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