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]
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