Petrobius maritimus (Leach, 1809)
(Sea Bristletail)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPetrobius maritimus (Sea Bristletail)
GenusPetrobius (a genus of bristletails)
FamilyMACHILIDAE (bristle-tails)
OrderARCHAEOGNATHA (bristletails)
SubclassAPTERYGOTA (bristletails, silverfish and firebrats (primitively wingless insects))
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Petrobius maritimus (Sea Bristletail) :
1: Petrobius maritimus (Sea Bristletail)
30 Apr 2010 OSGR: SY77 50° 30’ N, 2° 20’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
under stone
Image 1: Female - dorsal viewImage 2: Male - dorsal viewImage 3: Male - dorso-lateral viewImage 4: Male - dorso-lateral view (2)Image 5: Male - latero-dorsal view - close-up - enlarged

Petrobius maritimus (Sea Bristletail) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Petrobius maritimus (Sea Bristletail)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Petrobius maritimus (Sea Bristletail)

P. maritimus is said to be the commoner on sheet rock, P. brevistylis where the cracks are close together.

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