Peripatopsis edenensis

{{Short description|Species of velvet worm}}

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| genus = Peripatopsis

| species = edenensis

| authority = Barnes, Reiss & Daniels, 2020

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Peripatopsis edenensis is a species of velvet worm in the family Peripatopsidae.{{Cite journal |last1=Barnes |first1=Aaron |last2=Reiss |first2=Till |last3=Daniels |first3=Savel R. |date=2020 |title=Systematics of the Peripatopsis clavigera species complex (Onychophora : Peripatopsidae) reveals cryptic cladogenic patterning, with the description of five new species |url=http://www.publish.csiro.au/?paper=IS19071 |journal=Invertebrate Systematics |volume=34 |issue=6 |pages=569–590 |language=en |doi=10.1071/IS19071 |issn=1445-5226|url-access=subscription }} This species is a clade in the P. clavigera species complex. This species has 16 pairs of legs, varies from slate black to charcoal, and ranges from 4 mm to 17 mm in length. Also known as the Eden velvet worm,{{Cite web |title=Eden Velvetworm (Peripatopsis edenensis) · iNaturalist |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1432460-Peripatopsis-edenensis |access-date=2023-03-12 |website=www.inaturalist.org |language=en}} this species is found in the Garden of Eden Nature Reserve and in forests along the coast of Western Cape province in South Africa.