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]
Florelliceps | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Onychophora |
Family: | Peripatopsidae |
Genus: | Florelliceps Tait & Norman, 2001 |
Species: | F. stutchburyae
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Binomial name | |
Florelliceps stutchburyae Tait & Norman, 2001
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References
edit- ^ Oliveira, I. S.; Hering, L. & Mayer, G. "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.