Cephalofovea cameroni
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''Cephalofovea cameroni'' is a species of ovoviviparous velvet worm in the family Peripatopsidae. This species has 15 pairs of oncopods (legs) and lives in rotting logs and leaf litter. The type locality is Rydal, New South Wales, Australia. Like all members of the genus ''
Cephalofovea ''Cephalofovea'' is a genus of velvet worms in the Peripatopsidae family. All species in this genus are ovoviviparous and have 15 pairs of oncopods (legs), and both sexes possess a pitted-head which the male everts and uses to pass his spermatoph ...
'', 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.


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Onychophorans of Australasia Onychophoran species Animals described in 1995 {{Onychophora-stub