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| Class | COLLEMBOLA (springtails) |
| Subphylum | HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms) |
| Phylum | ARTHROPODA (arthropods) |
| Superphylum | ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders) |
| Clade | Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals) |
| Subkingdom | EUMETAZOA (metazoans) |
| Kingdom | ANIMALIA (animals) |
| Domain | Eukaryota (eukaryotes) |
| Life | BIOTA (living things) |
| Author | Year | Title | Source | |
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| Bellinger, P.F., Christiansen, K.A. & Janssens, F. | Checklist of the Collembola of the World | www.collembola.org | ||
| Fjellberg, A. | 2010 | The Collembola of Fennoscandia and Denmark, Part II: Entomobryomorpha and Symphypleona | Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica, 42, 266pp, E. J. Brill / Scandinavian Science Press Ltd. | |
| Fjellberg, A. | 2010 | The Collembola of Fennoscandia and Denmark, Part I: Poduromorpha | Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica, 35, 184pp, E. J. Brill / Scandinavian Science Press Ltd. | |
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Gough, H.J. | 1971 | *** A Preliminary Survey of the Collembola of Skokholm ***(Superseded) | Field Studies, Vol 3, No 3, 497-504pp, Field Studies Council |
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Guthrie, M. | 1989 | Animals of the Surface Film | Naturalists’ Handbooks, No 12, 85pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd |
| Hopkin, S. | Steve Hopkin | www.stevehopkin.co.uk | ||
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Hopkin, S.P. | 2007 | A Key to the Collembola (Springtails) of Britain and Ireland | AIDGAP, 245pp, Field Studies Council |
| Jordana, R. | 2012 | Capbryinae & Entomobryini | Synopses on Palaearctic Collembola Soil Organisms Vol 84 (1): 10390. | |
| Lubbock, J. | 1873 | *** Monograph of the Collembola and Thysanura ***(Superseded) | Vol 48, 276pp, The Ray Society, London | |
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van Duinen, J.J. | Class COLLEMBOLA Lubbock, 1870: Springtails | www.janvanduinen.nl/collembolaengels.html |
COLLEMBOLA (springtails) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:
 NBN (data.nbn.org.uk)
has a distribution map for COLLEMBOLA (springtails)
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 BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk)
has 5 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for COLLEMBOLA (springtails)
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Primitive wingless insects without metamorphosis. Springtails are named for the forked springing organ which most species have at the tip of the abdomen. This is held under the animal and can be forcefully extended causing it to jump many times its own length.
A very abundant group of organisms, in all terrestrial habitats. Their faecal pellets are a major component of many soils, becoming almost the only constituent in some cases.
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