Peripatopsis: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Onychophora
- Class
- Order
- Euonychophora
- Family
- Peripatopsidae
- Genus
- Peripatopsis
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Peripatopsis
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Peripatopsis
Peripatopsis is a genus of velvet worms in the Peripatopsidae family. These velvet worms are found in the KwaZulu-Natal, Western Cape, and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa. This genus was proposed by the British zoologist Reginald I. Pocock in 1894 with Peripatopsis capensis designated as the type species.
...Peripatopsis in languages:
- Czech
- drápkonoš
- English
- Cape velvet worms
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Acanthokara
- Aethrikos
- Aktinothele
- Anoplokaros
- Austroperipatus
- Baeothele
- Cephalofovea
- Critolaus
- Dactylothele
- Diemenipatus
- Dystactotylos
- Euperipatoides
- Florelliceps
- Hylonomoipos
- Konothele
- Kumbadjena
- Lathropatus
- Leucopatus
- Leuropezos
- Mantonipatus
- Metaperipatus
- Minyplanetes
- Nodocapitus
- Occiperipatoides
- Ooperipatellus
- Ooperipatus
- Opisthopatus
- Paraperipatus
- Paropisthopatus
- Peripatoides
- Peripatopsis
- Phallocephale
- Planipapillus
- Regimitra
- Ruhbergia
- Sphenoparme
- Tasmanipatus
- Tetrameraden
- Vescerro
- Wambalana



































