Cephalofovea tomahmontis

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Cephalofovea tomahmontis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Onychophora
Family: Peripatopsidae
Genus: Cephalofovea
Species:
C. tomahmontis
Binomial name
Cephalofovea tomahmontis
Ruhberg et al., 1988

Cephalofovea tomahmontis is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatopsidae family. [1] This species is ovoviviparous, has 15 pairs of oncopods (legs), and lives in rotting logs and leaf litter. [2] The type locality is Mount Tomah, New South Wales, Australia, after which this species is named. [3] Like all members of the genus Cephalofovea , both sexes of C. tomahmontis have a furrow on the head, between the antennae, which the male everts to carry his spermatophore to the female.

References

  1. Oliveira I. S.; Hering L.; Mayer, G. "Updated Onychophora checklist". Onychophora Website. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  2. Reid, A.L.; Tait, N.N.; Briscoe, D.A.; Rowell, D.M. (1995-05-01). "Morphological, cytogenetic and allozymic variation within Cephalofovea (Onychophora: Peripatopsidae) with descriptions of three new species" . Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 114 (1): 115–138. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1995.tb00116.x. ISSN   0024-4082.
  3. 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.

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