Tuoba tiosianus
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
Class: | Chilopoda |
Order: | Geophilomorpha |
Family: | Geophilidae |
Genus: | Tuoba |
Species: | T. tiosianus
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Binomial name | |
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Tuoba tiosianus is a species of centipede in the Geophilidae family, described in 1934 by Japanese myriapodologist Yosioki Takakuwa.[1][2]
Description
[edit]The original description of this species is based on a female specimen measuring 20 mm in length with 53 pairs of legs.[1]
Distribution
[edit]The species occurs in Micronesia. The type locality is Tiba, Kapingamarangi, Pohnpei.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Takakuwa, Y (1934). "Sechs neue Arten der Chilopoden aus Japan". Transactions of the Sapporo Natural History Society. 13: 398–406 [399].
- ^ a b Bonato L.; Chagas Junior A.; Edgecombe G.D.; Lewis J.G.E.; Minelli A.; Pereira L.A.; Shelley R.M.; Stoev P.; Zapparoli M. (2016). "ChiloBase 2.0". A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda). Rosario Dioguardi and Giuseppe Cortese, University of Padua. Retrieved 9 April 2023.