Dactylothele
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''Dactylothele'' is a
monospecific genus In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispe ...
of
velvet worm Onychophora (from , , "claws"; and , , "to carry"), commonly known as velvet worms (for their velvety texture and somewhat wormlike appearance) or more ambiguously as peripatus (after the first described genus, '' Peripatus''), is a phylum of e ...
containing the single species ''Dactylothele habros''. This species has 15 pairs of legs in both sexes. The type locality of this species is Nothofagus Mountain,
New South Wales, Australia New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a state on the east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria to the south, and South Australia to the west. Its coast borders the Coral and Tasman Seas to the east. T ...
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* Onychophorans of Australasia Monotypic onychophoran genera Fauna of Queensland Endemic fauna of Australia Taxa described in 1996 Taxa named by Amanda Reid (malacologist) {{Onychophora-stub