The velvet worms: soft-bodied, caterpillar-like invertebrates with many pairs of stubby, clawed legs, notable for hunting prey by spraying a sticky adhesive slime from glands near the mouth. Onychophora occupies a position on the tree of life close to the ancestral split between arthropods and other invertebrates, and living species are confined to humid tropical and south-temperate forests.
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Onychophora (from Ancient Greek: ονυχής, onyches, "claws"; and φέρειν, pherein, "to carry"), commonly known as velvet worms (for their velvety texture and somewhat worm-like appearance), is a phylum of long, soft-bodied, many-legged animals.
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