Florelliceps

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Florelliceps
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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]

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References

  1. Oliveira, I. S.; Hering, L. & Mayer, G. "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  2. Tait, Noel N.; Norman, Jennifer M. (2001). "Novel mating behaviour in Florelliceps stutchburyae gen. nov., sp. nov. (Onychophora: Peripatopsidae) from Australia". Journal of Zoology. 253 (3): 301–308. doi:10.1017/s0952836901000280. ISSN   0952-8369.
  3. Oliveira, I. S.; Read, V. M. S. J.; Mayer, G. (2012). "A world checklist of Onychophora (velvet worms), with notes on nomenclature and status of names". ZooKeys (211): 1–70. Bibcode:2012ZooK..211....1O. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.211.3463 . PMC   3426840 . PMID   22930648.