''Cephalofovea pavimenta'' is a species of
velvet worm in the
Peripatopsidae family. It is only known from the type locality;
Mount Canobolas
Mount Canobolas, a mountain on a spur of the Great Dividing Range, is located in the Central Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia.
With an elevation of above sea level, Mount Canobolas, an extinct volcano, is the highest mountain i ...
in New South Wales, Australia.
Etymology
The specific epithet ''pavimenta'' is derived from the
Latin ''pavimentum'', meaning pavement, and refers to the pavement-like morphology of the papillae on the male's modified head structure.
Morphology
Like other 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 ...
'', ''C. pavimenta'' is
ovoviviparous, has 15 pairs of oncopods (legs), and both sexes possess a pitted head which the male everts and uses to pass his spermatophore to the female. ''C. pavimenta'' is distinctive among members of its genus in that its integument is pigmented nearly uniformly, without a distinctive pattern. Both sexes occur in two colour morphs: greyish-blue, or tan with grey mottling. Both morphs have slightly paler pigmentation on the ventral surface of the body.
References
Onychophorans of Australasia
Onychophoran species
Animals described in 1995
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