Tuoba is a genus of 17 species of centipedes, in the family Geophilidae. It was described by American biologist Ralph Vary Chamberlin in 1920.[2] Centipedes in this genus range from 2 cm to 5 cm in length, have 39 to 73 pairs of legs, and are found in coastal regions and islands in the Mediterranean and in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans.[3]
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: CS1 maint: date and year (link) Tuoba is a genus of 17 species of centipedes, in the family Geophilidae. It was described by American biologist Ralph Vary Chamberlin in 1920. Centipedes in this genus range from 2 cm to 5 cm in length, have 39 to 73 pairs of legs, and are found in coastal regions and islands in the Mediterranean and in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans.