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