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Petrobius maritimus
Species of jumping bristletail / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 .[2]
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Archaeognatha |
Family: | Machilidae |
Genus: | Petrobius |
Species: | P. maritimus |
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Individuals may grow up to 15 mm and are grey in colour, with long bristly antennae and a triple forked tail .[3]
They are very resistant to low temperatures, and remains active even if the temperature drops below 0 degrees C.[4]