| Paraperipatus vanheurni | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Onychophora |
| Family: | Peripatopsidae |
| Genus: | Paraperipatus |
| Species: | P. vanheurni |
| Binomial name | |
| Paraperipatus vanheurni Horst, 1922 | |
Paraperipatus vanheurni is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatopsidae family. [1] This species ranges from pale blue or lilac to dark purple in color. [2] [3] Females of this species have 25 to 27 pairs of legs; males have 21 [2] [4] (or 22, counting a rudimentary last pair without feet [5] ). This species ranges from 15 mm to 60 mm in length. [4] [3] The type locality is in Western New Guinea, Indonesia. [6]
