Taxon profile
Included taxa
Number of records: 24species Peripatopsis alba Lawrence, 1931
species Peripatopsis balfouri (Sedgwick, 1885)
species Peripatopsis birgeri Ruhberg & Daniels, 2013
species Peripatopsis bolandi Daniels, McDonald & Picker, 2013
species Peripatopsis capensis (Grube, 1866)
species Peripatopsis cederbergiensis Daniels, McDonald & Picker, 2013
species Peripatopsis clavigera Purcell, 1899
species Peripatopsis edenensis Barnes, Reiss & Daniels, 2020
species Peripatopsis ferox Barnes, Reiss & Daniels, 2020
species Peripatopsis hamerae Ruhberg & Daniels, 2013
species Peripatopsis janni Ruhberg & Daniels, 2013
species Peripatopsis lawrencei McDonald, Ruhberg & Daniels, 2012
species Peripatopsis leonina Purcell, 1899
species Peripatopsis mellaria Barnes, Reiss & Daniels, 2020
species Peripatopsis mira Barnes, Reiss & Daniels, 2020
species Peripatopsis moseleyi (Wood-Mason, 1879)
species Peripatopsis overbergiensis McDonald, Ruhberg & Daniels, 2012
species Peripatopsis polychroma Grobler, Myburgh, Barnes & Daniels, 2023
species Peripatopsis purpureus Daniels, McDonald & Picker, 2013
species Peripatopsis sedgwicki Purcell, 1899
species Peripatopsis stelliporata Sherbon & Walker, 2004
species Peripatopsis storchi Ruhberg & Daniels, 2013
species Peripatopsis tulbaghensis Barnes, Reiss & Daniels, 2020
Nomina dubia dub.
Links and literature
The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [1296268]
Rees, T. (compiler): The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [https://www.irmng.org] [as Peripatopsis Pocock, 1894]
Data retrieved on: 30 November 2019
I. de Sena Oliveira (2023): An updated world checklist of velvet worms (Onychophora) with notes on nomenclature and status of names, ZooKeys 1184: 133–260 [as Peripatopsis Pocock, 1894]Data retrieved on: 7 February 2025