Collembola

See also: collembola

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κόλλα (kólla, “glue”) + ἔμβολον (émbolon, “wedge”).

Proper noun

Collembola

A taxonomic class within the subphylum Hexapoda – the springtails, insect-like arthropods that have a spring-like structure that can enable them to quickly escape from danger.

Hypernyms

(class): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum

Hypernyms

(class): Entomobryomorpha, Neelipleona, Poduromorpha, Symphypleona - orders

References

Collembola on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Collembola on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Collembola on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Collembola at the Tree of Life Web Project
Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521

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