Florelliceps | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Onychophora |
Family: | Peripatopsidae |
Genus: | Florelliceps Tait & Norman, 2001 |
Species: | F. stutchburyae |
Binomial name | |
Florelliceps stutchburyae Tait & Norman, 2001 | |
Florelliceps is a monospecific genus of ovoviviparous velvet worm containing the single species Florelliceps stutchburyae. [1] This species is brown with 15 pairs of oncopods (legs). During mating, the male of this species uses a structure on his head to place a spermataphore on the gonopore of the female. [2] The type locality is Mount Warning, New South Wales, Australia. [3]