Within the lava tube food web, cave velvet worms appear to be successful predators. This cave specimen was observed apparently feeding on a pill bug (Isopoda: Oniscoidea: Armadillidae). The cave population of the onlychophoran is thought to be large, estimated in at least the hundreds. (Photo by Rickard S. Toomey III).

 
 
  Part of: Espinasa L, Garvey R, Espinasa J, Fratto CA, Taylor SJ, Toulkeridis T, Addison A (2015) Cave dwelling Onychophora from a Lava Tube in the Galapagos. Subterranean Biology 15: 1-10. https://doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.15.8468