Peripatopsis purpureus

{{Short description|Species of velvet worm}}

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| genus = Peripatopsis

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Peripatopsis purpureus is a species of velvet worm in the family Peripatopsidae.{{cite web|author=Oliveira, I.|author2=Hering, L.|author3=Mayer, G.|name-list-style=amp|title=Updated Onychophora checklist|url=http://www.onychophora.com/list.htm|website=Onychophora Website|access-date=24 November 2016}} This species is a clade in the P. balfouri species complex. Males of this species have 17 clawed legs with the last pair highly reduced, whereas females have a complete foot with claws on the reduced leg. Specimens range from 17 mm to 25 mm in length. Named for its purple-blue color, this species is found in the Western Cape Province of South Africa.{{Cite journal|last1=Daniels|first1=Savel R.|last2=McDonald|first2=Dane E.|last3=Picker|first3=Mike D.|date=2013|title=Evolutionary insight into the Peripatopsis balfouri sensu lato species complex (Onychophora: Peripatopsidae) reveals novel lineages and zoogeographic patterning|url=https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12025|journal=Zoologica Scripta|volume=42|issue=6|pages=656–674|doi=10.1111/zsc.12025|s2cid=83758118|issn=0300-3256|url-access=subscription}}