Tuoba sydneyensis
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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. sydneyensis
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Tuoba sydneyensis is a species of centipede in the Geophilidae family. It was first described in 1891 by British zoologist Reginald Innes Pocock.[1][2]
Description
This species is orange yellow throughout, can reach up to 32 mm in length, and ranges from 39 to 55 pairs of legs.[3]
Distribution
The species occurs in Western Australia and New South Wales as well as Seychelles, New Guinea, New Caledonia, the Solomon Islands and the Hawaiian Islands.[4] The type locality is Double Bay, Port Jackson, in Sydney.[2]
Behaviour
The centipedes are solitary terrestrial predators that inhabit plant litter, soil and rotting wood.[4]
References
- ^ a b Pocock, RI (1891). "Descriptions of some new Geophilidae in the collection of the British Museum". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 6 (8): 215–227 [219].
- ^ 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.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Jones, R.E. (1998). "On the species of Tuoba (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha) in Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands and New Britain" (PDF). Records of the Western Australian Museum. 18: 333–346.
- ^ a b "Species Tuoba sydneyensis (Pocock, 1891)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2010. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
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