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