Class Entognatha - [obsolete rank] - elevate included Orders to Class

Classification · Remarks

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

No Taxon (Obsolete higher taxa -- Please delete)

Class Entognatha ([obsolete rank] - elevate included Orders to Class)

Remarks

Entognatha is a paraphyletic assemblage

Hi Troy, pls note that in more recent classifications the entognath Collembola, Diplura and Protura are Classes of its own and independent from each other. They are not phylogenetically related. Entognathy in these classes evolved independently and differently.

See collembola.org for more details.

… Frans Janssens, 5 July, 2006 - 11:37am

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 10 March, 2004 - 4:55pm
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian
Last updated 10 March, 2008 - 4:55pm

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