Arthropods
🪲Belgica antarctica
Belgica antarctica Jacobs, 1900
ナンキョクユスリカ(Belgica antarctica)は、南極大陸に固有の飛行できない昆虫の1種である。体長2-6mmで、この大陸の純粋な陸生動物としては最大であり、また唯一の昆虫である 。また、ゲノムはわずか9900万塩基対しかなく、2014年時点で既知の昆虫の中では最も小さい。
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- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumArthropoda
- ›classInsecta
- ›orderDiptera
- ›familyChironomidae
- ›genusBelgica
- ›speciesBelgica antarctica
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- classInsects · Insecta
- orderFlies · Diptera
- subfamilyOrthocladiinae
- genusBelgica
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumArthropoda
- subphylumHexapoda
- classInsects · Insecta
- subclassPterygota
- orderFlies · Diptera
- infraorderCulicomorpha
- superfamilyChironomoidea
- familyChironomidae
- subfamilyOrthocladiinae
- genusBelgica
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ナンキョクユスリカ (ja), 南极蠓 (zh), بلجيكية القطب الجنوبي (ar), בלגיקה אנטארטיקה (he)
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