Petrobius maritimus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Archaeognatha
- Family
- Machilidae
- Genus
- Petrobius
- Species
- Petrobius maritimus
- Scientific Name
- Petrobius maritimus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Petrobius maritimus
Petrobius maritimus, the shore bristletail or sea bristletail, is a species of Archaeognatha found on rocky shores from the Mediterranean Sea to the North Sea .
Individuals may grow up to 15 mm and are grey in colour, with long bristly antennae and a triple forked tail .
They are very resistant to low temperatures, and remains active even if the temperature drops below 0 degrees C.
...Petrobius maritimus in languages:
- Czech
- chvostnatka mořská
- Dutch
- Strandgast
- English
- Shore Bristletail
- English
- Sea Bristletail
- Russian
- Махилис прибрежный
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