Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Phyla Porifera (sponges) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria (coral, jellyfish, anenomes) Placozoa (trichoplax) Subregnum Bilateria (bilateral symmetry) Acoelomorpha (basal) Orthonectida (flatworms, echinoderms, etc. ... Genera Peripatus . ... Image File history File links Velvetwormonleaf. ...

Peripatus is a genus of Onychophora. See genus (mathematics) for the use of the term in mathematics. ... Genera Peripatus . ...

The peripatus is distinguished by it's independent pairs of legs, a characteristic which many entomologists believe suggests an evolutionary link between Arthropods and worms. Entomology is the scientific study of insects. ... Subphyla and Classes Subphylum Trilobitomorpha Trilobita - Trilobites (extinct) Subphylum Chelicerata Arachnida - Spiders, Scorpions, etc. ... Worm can refer to: The worm, a collection of animal phyla. ...

The Peripatus is also known as the velvet worm, named after it's short bristle-like hairs. Genera Peripatus . ...

The peripatus is a nocturnal carnivore. It feeds by trapping its prey (mostly small insects)in a white, sticky fluid it ejects from two antennae near its head. The goo hardens on contact with the air and the prey is immoblized. The peripatus then chews a hole in its prey's exoskeleton with its mandibles and sucks out its innards. An exoskeleton, in contrast to an endoskeleton, is an external anatomical feature that supports and protects an animals body. ... The mandible (inferior maxillary bone) (together with the maxilla) is the largest and strongest bone of the face. ...