Biology:Florelliceps
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Short description: Genus and species of velvet worm
| Florelliceps | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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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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]
References
- ↑ Oliveira, I. S.; Hering, L.. "Updated Onychophora checklist". http://www.onychophora.com/list.htm.
- ↑ 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. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0952836901000280.
- ↑ 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. doi:10.3897/zookeys.211.3463. PMID 22930648.
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