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Tuoba laticeps (Pocock, 1901) 
AphiaID: 394744

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Myriapoda (Subphylum) > Chilopoda (Class) > Geophilomorpha (Order) > Adesmata (Suborder) > Geophilidae (Family) > Tuoba (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Tuoba Chamberlin, 1920
Sources  basis of record: Jones, R.E. (1998) On the species of Tuoba (Chilopoda; Geophilomorpha) in Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands and New Britain. Rec.Western Australian Museum 18: 333-346 [details]

additional source: Richardson, A.M.M., Swain, R. & Shepherd, C.J. (1997) The strandline invertebrates of Tasmanian sandy beaches. Unpublished report to the National Estate Grants Program. Hobart, Department of Zoology , University of Tasmania. (1998) The strandline fauna of beaches on the north & west Coasts of Tasmania, Flinders & King Islands. Hobart, Department of Zoology, University of Tasmania. [details]

additional source: Barber, A.D. (2009b) Littoral myriapods; a review. Soil Organisms 81(3):735-760 [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Tasmania [details]
West Australia [details]
Links To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
Notes  Editor's comment: Large numbers of geophilomorphs, probably this species, were collected from beaches all round Tasmania in a pitfall study of strandline fauna (Richardson et al, 1997, 1998) [details]

Habitat: Given as under rocks at high tide level, rocks on sand, stones on fine shell gravel, under stones (strand line), in a small cave, etc. (Jones, 1998) [details]
Image 
Tuoba laticeps, Tasmania (Bob Mesibov)
Tuoba laticeps, Tasmania (Bob Mesibov)
added on 2010-11-23 - author: Barber, A.D.
qualitystatus: checked by Barber, A.D. on 2010-11-23 18:54:24
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:394744
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2009-05-09 12:34:06Z  created  Barber, A.D.
2010-07-14 08:54:47Z  changed  Barber, A.D.
  
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  Citation: Barber, A.D. (2013). Tuoba laticeps (Pocock, 1901). In: Barber, A.D. (2013) World database of littoral Myriapoda. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=394744 on 2013-05-24
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