Entognatha

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Entognatha
Proturan specimen (Acerentomon sp.)
Proturan specimen (Acerentomon sp.)
Scientific classificationEdit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Entognatha
Groups included
  • Diplura (two-pronged bristletails)
  • Collembola
    (springtails)
  • Protura (coneheads)
Cladistically included but traditionally excluded taxa

Insecta
(insects)

Diplura, a Two-pronged Bristletail — not closely related to three-pronged bristletails in the Archaeognatha
Collembola, family Sminthuridae

The Entognatha are a

paraphyletic group.[2]

Morphology

These minute

ommatidia
.

References