Tuoba pallida is a species of centipede in the Geophilidae family. It is endemic to Australia, and was first described in 1998 by R.E. Jones.[1][2]
| Tuoba pallida | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Geophilomorpha |
| Family: | Geophilidae |
| Genus: | Tuoba |
| Species: | T. pallida
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| Binomial name | |
| Tuoba pallida Jones, 1998[1]
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Description edit
This species is white throughout and can reach up to 25 mm in length. Males of this species have 55 pairs of legs; females have 57 or 59 leg pairs. The last legs are long and thin, about as long as the other legs, slightly swollen in the male, but less swollen in the female.[1]
Distribution edit
The species occurs in coastal south-west Western Australia.[3] The type locality is Penguin Island, Rockingham, Perth.[2]
Behaviour edit
The centipedes are solitary terrestrial predators that inhabit plant litter and soil.[3]
References edit
- ^ a b c Jones, R.E. (1998). "On the species of Tuoba (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha) in Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands and New Britain". Records of the Western Australian Museum. 18: 333–346 [343].
- ^ 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 1 March 2023.
- ^ a b "Species Tuoba pallida Jones, 1998". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2010. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
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