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Velvet Worms (Onychophora) in Folklore and Art: Geographic Pattern, Types of Cultural Reference and Public Perception
Julian Monge-Najera, Bernal Morera-Brenes
Aims: To document and preserve folkloric beliefs and art inspired by velvet worms (Onychophora), rare invertebrates that are considered "living fossils", have full placental organs…
The genealogy of Da. Isabel de Jimenez. An approach to the first phase of admixture in Costa Rica / La genealogia de Da. Isabel de Jimenez. Una aproximacion a la primera fase del mestizaje en Costa Rica
Bernal Morera-Brenes, Ramon Villegas-Palma, Mauricio Melendez-Obando
Traditionally the Costa Rican historians and genealogists have interpreted that the Spanish ruling elite emerged after the conquest was exclusively of European origin. On the other…
A new giant species of placented worm and the mechanism by which onychophorans weave their nets (Onychophora: Peripatidae)
Bernal Morera-Brenes, Julián Monge-Nájera
Onychophorans, or velvet worms, are poorly known and rare animals. Here we report the discovery of a new species that is also the largest onychophoran found so far, a 22cm long fem…
How the velvet worm squirts slime
Andrés Concha, Paula Mellado, Bernal Morera-Brenes +3
The rapid squirt of a proteinaceous slime jet endows the ancient velvet worms (Onychophora) with a unique mechanism for defense from predators and for capturing prey by entangling…