Cephalofovea clandestina | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Onychophora |
Family: | Peripatopsidae |
Genus: | Cephalofovea |
Species: | C. clandestina |
Binomial name | |
Cephalofovea clandestina Reid et al., 1995 | |
Cephalofovea clandestina is a species of ovoviviparous velvet worm in the family Peripatopsidae. [1] This species has 15 pairs of oncopods (legs) and lives in rotting logs and leaf litter. [2] The type locality is Kanangra-Boyd National Park, New South Wales, Australia. [3] Like all members of the genus Cephalofovea , both sexes of C. clandestina have a furrow on the head, between the antennae, which the male everts to carry his spermatophore to the female.