Anurida maritima | |
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An aggregation of A. maritima on the surface of a rock-pool | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Collembola |
Order: | Poduromorpha |
Family: | Neanuridae |
Genus: | Anurida |
Species: | A. maritima
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Binomial name | |
Anurida maritima (Guérin-Méneville, 1836) [1]
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Synonyms[2] | |
Lipura maritima (Guérin-Méneville, 1836) |
Anurida maritima, the seashore springtail, is a cosmopolitan collembolan of the intertidal zone. It is often found in aggregations of up to several hundred on the surface of rock-pools.