Cephalofovea tomahmontis
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| Cephalofovea tomahmontis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| 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.
