Peripatus swainsonae

Phylum:Onychophora

Family:Peripatidae

Genus:Peripatus

Species:

P. swainsonae

Peripatus swainsonae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Onychophora
Family:	Peripatidae
Genus:	Peripatus
Species:	P. swainsonae
Binomial name
Peripatus swainsonae Cockerell, 1893
Synonyms
Peripatus jamaicensis mut. swainsonae Cockerell 1893 Peripatus juliformis var. gossei Bouvier, 1900 Peripatus juliformis gossei Cockerell, 1901 Peripatus juliformis var. swainsonae Cockerell, 1901

Peripatus swainsonae is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatidae family.^[1] Females of this species have 31 to 34 pairs of legs; males have 28 to 30.^[2] The type locality is in Jamaica.^[3]