Cephalofovea

{{Short description|Genus of Peripatopsid velvet worms}}

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| image = Cephalofovea pavimenta.jpg

| image_caption = Cephalofovea pavimenta

| taxon = Cephalofovea

| authority = Ruhberg et al., 1988

| type_species = Cephalofovea tomahmontis

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = {{center|See text}}

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Cephalofovea is a genus of velvet worms in the Peripatopsidae family.{{cite web|author=Oliveira, I.|author2=Hering, L.|author3=Mayer, G.|name-list-style=amp|title=Updated Onychophora checklist|url=http://www.onychophora.com/list.htm|website=Onychophora Website|access-date=24 November 2016}} 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 spermatophore to the female.{{Cite journal |last=Reid |first=A.L. |last2=Tait |first2=N.N. |last3=Briscoe |first3=D.A. |last4=Rowell |first4=D.M. |date=1995-05-01 |title=Morphological, cytogenetic and allozymic variation within Cephalofovea (Onychophora: Peripatopsidae) with descriptions of three new species |url=https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1995.tb00116.x |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=114 |issue=1 |pages=115–138 |doi=10.1111/j.1096-3642.1995.tb00116.x |issn=0024-4082|url-access=subscription }} They are found in New South Wales, Australia.{{cite web|title=Australian Faunal Directory|url=https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/ONYCHOPHORA/checklist|website=Australian Government Department of the Environment|access-date=29 June 2016}}