Peripatopsis intermedia

Peripatopsis intermedia is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatopsidae family.^[1] This species is about 33 mm long and has 19 pairs of legs: 18 pregenital leg pairs plus a last pair of much reduced legs.^[2] The type locality is in South Africa.^[3] Although some authorities doubt the validity of this species^[4] and deem it to be a junior synonym of P. balfouri,^[5] others consider these two to be separate species, citing the distance (168 km) between their type localities.^[3]

Peripatopsis intermedia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Onychophora
Family:	Peripatopsidae
Genus:	Peripatopsis
Species:	P. intermedia
Binomial name
Peripatopsis intermedia Hutchinson, 1928