New species of velvet worm P.barnardi from the arid Karoo (IMAGE)

Stellenbosch University

New species of velvet worm P.barnardi from the arid Karoo

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Peripatopsis barnardi represents the first ever species from the little Karoo, which indicates that the area was historically more forested than at present. It is one of seven new species from the Cape Fold Mountains described by researchers from Stellenbosch University.

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Savel Daniels

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