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Peripatus Acacioi

Synopsis
'Peripatus acacioi’ is a South American species of ‘living fossil’ belonging to the group ‘Onychophora’. The film shows the main biological aspects: habitat, external morphology, locomotion, defence mechanism, expulsion of sticky fluid, food ingestion, defecation, moulting and birth of young.
Language
English
Country
France
Medium
Film; Film. 16mm. sd. col. 26 min.
Technical information
Black-and-white / Sound
Year of production
1974
Availability
OUT OF DISTRIBUTION
Uses
Courses in invertebrate zoology.*
Subjects
Biology
Keywords
Onychophora; Peripatus; velvetworms

Distribution Formats

Type
Film
Format
16mm

Distributor

Name

French Scientific Film Library

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