White Cave Velvet Worm
Usually Found: Wynberg Cave & Bats Cave Systems in Table Mountain, South Africa
The White Cave Velvet Worm is a very rare species. They are exclusively found in two cave systems within Table Mountain, South Africa. Those are the Wynberg Cave and Bats Cave. It should be pointed out too that this is the only exclusive cave-dwelling species found in either cave system. The species contains 18 pairs of clawed legs, which allows it to keep traction throughout the cave systems.
However, the last pair of legs are reduced in size. On an unsurprising note, the species also does not have any eyes as they do not need them. Like other velvet worms, they practice matrotrophic viviparity. This is the act of mothers retaining eggs in their uteri and supplying nourishment to their young directly to their embryo. Yet they do this without a placenta.