Ba zan iya samun takamaiman bayani game da ma'aikaci mai suna "Reptantia" a cikin ilimina na kafin Satumba 2021. Mai yiyuwa ne wannan kalmar ta kebanta da wani fanni ko kuma ba za a iya gane shi ba.Duk da haka, kalmar “reptantia” ita kanta ta samo asali ne daga kalmar Latin “reptans,” wanda ke nufin “creeping” ko kuma "raguwa." A ilmin halitta, ana amfani da kalmar “mai tuba” sau da yawa wajen siffanta dabbobin da suke motsi ta hanyar rarrafe ko rarrafe, kamar wasu invertebrates. Misali, a cikin rabe-raben crustaceans, odar Decapoda ya hada da wata kungiya mai suna "Reptantia" wadda ta kunshi kaguwa, lobsters, da kwayoyin halitta masu alaka. a cikin wani fanni na musamman, zai zama taimako don samar da ƙarin mahallin ko saka filin don samar da ingantaccen ma'anar.