Cephalofovea tomahmontis explained

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.

Further reading

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Oliveira I. S. . Hering L. . Mayer, G.. Updated Onychophora checklist . Onychophora Website . 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 . 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1995.tb00116.x . 0024-4082.
3. Oliveira. I. S.. Read. V. M. S. J.. Mayer. G.. A world checklist of Onychophora (velvet worms), with notes on nomenclature and status of names . ZooKeys . 2012 . 211 . 1–70 . 10.3897/zookeys.211.3463 . free . 27 November 2016 -->. 3426840 . 22930648. 2012ZooK..211....1O .