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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Springtails and allies (Collembola) » Poduromorpha » Hypogastruridae
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minute translucent springtails, Ceratophysella?
Copyright © 2006 Jim McClarin

minute translucent springtails, Ceratophysella?
Nashua, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
Size: 0.3 - 0.8 mm
The individual on the left has got to be the smallest arthropod I've photographed. Such stubby extremities make me think it has to be a very young juvenile just beginning to fill out and take shape. I wonder what they look like fresh out of the egg.

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Contributed by Jim McClarin on 9 December, 2006 - 1:47pm
Last updated 10 December, 2006 - 1:20pm

Moved
Moved from Elongate-bodied Springtails.
… Jim McClarin, 10 December, 2006 - 1:06pm login or register to post comments

Hypogastruridae
Freshly hatched springtails look alike there parents, but much smaller. And their head is proportionnaly larger. An egg of Hypogastruridae is typically 0.1 mm diameter. The hatched juvenile, curled up in the egg mouth to butt, is then about 0.314 mm (2*pi*r) ;-)
Possibly you have photographed the smallest hypogastrurid, indeed.
An educated guess for the genus = Ceratophysella.
… Frans Janssens, 10 December, 2006 - 12:40pm login or register to post comments

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