Epiperipatus is the most diverse genus of neotropical velvet worms in the family Peripatidae.[1][2][3] Species in this genus are found in Central and South America. Velvet worms in this genus can have as few as 23 pairs of legs (in E. hyperbolicus) or as many as 39 leg pairs (in E. titanicus).[3] This genus is viviparous, with mothers supplying nourishment to their embryos through a placenta.[4]
Epiperipatus nicaraguensis (Bouvier, 1900) and Epiperipatus tucupi (Froehlich, 1968) are considered nomina dubia by Oliveira et al. 2012.