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Collembola
Also known as springtails, collembolans
Springtails (class Collembola) form the largest of the three lineages of modern hexapods that are no longer considered insects, the others being Protura and Diplura. Although the three lineages are sometimes grouped together in a class called Entognatha because they have internal mouthparts, they do not appear to be any more closely related to one another than they are to insects, which have external mouthparts. There are more than 9000 species.
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Springtails are small, six-legged creatures that were once classified as insects but are now recognized as a distinct group of their own, belonging to a class called Collembola. With over 9,000 known species, they represent the largest of three similar lineages that have internal mouthparts, distinguishing them from true insects.
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Species
springtails
Class
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassCollembola
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater
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Wikidata facts
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- Collembola-Diversity.jpg
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- taxon name
- Collembola
- Commons category
- Collembola
- Commons gallery
- Collembola
- taxon common name
- Springtails and allies
- vocalized name
- קְפִיץ-זַנְבָאִים