| Peripatopsis balfouri | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Onychophora |
| Family: | Peripatopsidae |
| Genus: | Peripatopsis |
| Species: | P. balfouri |
| Binomial name | |
| Peripatopsis balfouri (Sedgwick, 1885) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Peripatopsis balfouri is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatopsidae family. [1] This velvet worm is found in South Africa. [2] This species usually has 18 pairs of clawed legs (with the last pair more reduced in the male than in the female), [3] [4] [5] [6] but in the vicinity of Newlands in the Western Cape province, the leg number ranges from 17 to 19 pairs. [7] Also known as the blue velvet worm, [8] this species ranges from 9 mm to 22 mm in length. [3]
