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| Illustration of the oncopods (legs) of Peripatopsis capensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Onychophora |
| Family: | Peripatopsidae |
| Genus: | Peripatopsis Pocock, 1894 |
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Peripatopsis is a genus of velvet worms in the Peripatopsidae family.[1][2] These velvet worms are found in the KwaZulu-Natal, Western Cape, and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa.[3] This genus was proposed by the British zoologist Reginald I. Pocock in 1894 with Peripatopsis capensis designated as the type species.[4]
- ^ Oliveira I. S.; Hering L.; Mayer, G. "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
- ^ Oliveira, I. S.; Read, V. M. S. J.; Mayer, G. (2012). "A world checklist of Onychophora (velvet worms), with notes on nomenclature and status of names". ZooKeys (211): 1–70. Bibcode:2012ZooK..211....1O. doi:10.3897/zookeys.211.3463. PMC 3426840. PMID 22930648.
- ^ Ruhberg, Hilke; Daniels, Savel R. (2013-05-24). "Morphological assessment supports the recognition of four novel species in the widely distributed velvet worm Peripatopsis moseleyi sensu lato (Onychophora : Peripatopsidae)". Invertebrate Systematics. 27 (2): 131–145. doi:10.1071/IS12069. ISSN 1447-2600. S2CID 86036034.
- ^ Pocock, R. I. (1894). "Contributions to our Knowledge of the Arthropod Fauna of the West Indies.-Part III. Diplopoda and Malacopoda, with a Supplement on the Arachnida of the Class Pedipalpi". Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology. 24 (157): 473–544 [519]. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1894.tb02494.x. ISSN 0368-2935.