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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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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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 0952-8369.301-308&rft.date=2001&rft_id=info:doi/10.1017/s0952836901000280&rft.issn=0952-8369&rft.aulast=Tait&rft.aufirst=Noel N.&rft.au=Norman, Jennifer M.&rft_id=https://doi.org/10.1017/S0952836901000280&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Florelliceps" class="Z3988">
- ^ 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 22930648.1-70&rft.date=2012&rft_id=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3426840#id-name=PMC&rft_id=info:pmid/22930648&rft_id=info:doi/10.3897/zookeys.211.3463&rft_id=info:bibcode/2012ZooK..211....1O&rft.aulast=Oliveira&rft.aufirst=I. S.&rft.au=Read, V. M. S. J.&rft.au=Mayer, G.&rft_id=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3426840&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Florelliceps" class="Z3988">
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