Gomphiocephalus
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| Gomphiocephalus hodgsoni | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Collembola |
| Order: | Poduromorpha |
| Family: | Hypogastruridae |
| Genus: | Gomphiocephalus Carpenter, 1908 |
| Species: | G. hodgsoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Gomphiocephalus hodgsoni Carpenter, 1908
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Gomphiocephalus is a genus of springtail native to Antarctica. Gomphiocephalus hodgsoni is the only member of the genus.[1]
The Gomphiocephalus hodgsoni was first collected from Granite Harbour, southern Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica in 1902 by the British National Antarctic Expedition.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Penelope Greenslade; Mark I. Stevens; Giulia Torricelli; Cyrille A. D'Haese (15 December 2010). "An ancient Antarctic endemic genus restored: morphological and molecular support for Gomphiocephalus hodgsoni (Collembola: Hypogastruridae)". Systematic Entomology. 36 (2). Royal Entomological Society: 223–240. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2010.00553.x.
- ^ Hogg, Ian D.; Wall, Diana H. (22 March 2012), Bell, E. M. (ed.), "Polar deserts.", Life at extremes: environments, organisms and strategies for survival (1 ed.), UK: CABI, p. 178, doi:10.1079/9781845938147.0176, ISBN 978-1-84593-814-7, retrieved 18 February 2025
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