''Peripatus lachauxensis'' is a species of

velvet worm Onychophora (from grc, ονυχής, , "claws"; and , , "to carry"), commonly known as velvet worms (due to their velvety texture and somewhat wormlike appearance) or more ambiguously as peripatus (after the first described genus, '' Peripatus ...

in the Peripatidae

family Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...

. The female of this species has 30 to 33 pairs of legs. The type locality is in Haiti.

References

Onychophorans of tropical America Onychophoran species Animals described in 1935 Taxa named by Charles Thomas Brues {{Onychophora-stub