Collembola

See also: collembola

Translingual

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Collembola

1. 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
• Category: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. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248