Cephalofovea cameroni

Species of velvet worm

Cephalofovea cameroni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Onychophora
Family: Peripatopsidae
Genus: Cephalofovea
Species:
C. cameroni
Binomial name
Cephalofovea cameroni
Reid et al., 1995

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

References

  1. ^ Oliveira I.; 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. doi:10.3897/zookeys.211.3463. PMC 3426840. PMID 22930648.
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Onychophora
Peripatidae
  • †Cretoperipatus
  • Eoperipatus
    • butleri
    • horsti
    • totoro
    • weldoni
  • Mesoperipatus
  • Typhloperipatus
Neopatida
Peripatopsidae
Uncertain: †Antennipatus  • †Helenodora  • †Succinipatopsis  • †Tertiapatus
Taxon identifiers
Cephalofovea cameroni


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