Cephalofovea tomahmontis

Cephalofovea tomahmontis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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.

Further reading

  • Elliot, S.; Tait, N. N.; Briscoe, D. A. (1993). "A pheromonal function for the crural glands of the onychophoran Cephalofovea tomahmontis (Onychophora: Peripatopsidae)". Journal of Zoology. 231 (1): 1–9. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1993.tb05348.x.
  • Ruhberg, H.; Tait, N. N.; Briscoe, D. A.; Storch, V. (1988). "Cephalofovea-tomahmontis n-gen, n-sp, an Australia Peripatopsid (Onychophora) with a unique cephalic pit". Zoologischer Anzeiger. 221 (3–4): 117–133.


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