Peripatopsis hamerae

Peripatopsis hamerae is a species of velvet worm in the family Peripatopsidae.^[1] This species is a clade in the P. moseleyi species complex. The original description of this species is based on one specimen of each sex, each measuring 22 mm in length with a black dorsal surface and creamy white ventral surface. The male of this species has 22 pairs of pregenital legs and one pair of genital legs; the female has 23 pairs of pregenital legs and one pair of genital legs.^[2] Also known as the Kamala velvet worm,^[3] this species is known only from Groot Bruintjieshoogte in South Africa.^[2]

Peripatopsis hamerae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Onychophora
Family:	Peripatopsidae
Genus:	Peripatopsis
Species:	P. hamerae
Binomial name
Peripatopsis hamerae Ruhberg & Daniels, 2013