Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Hexapoda > Class Insecta > Subclass Apterygota > Order Archaeognatha > Family Machilidae > Genus Petrobius

Petrobius maritimus (Leach, 1809)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Machilis Latreille, 1832

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Petrobius*	Leach, 1809	accepted genus name
*Halomachilis*	Verhoeff, 1912	generic synonym
*Petromachilis*	Rilley, 1915	generic synonym

Species group names

*Machilis maritimus*	Leach, 1809	objective synonym
*Petrobius silvestrii*	Womersley, 1927	subjective synonym
*Petromachilis longicornis*	Rilley, 1915	subjective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: strandgast

English: sea bristletail; shore bristletail sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms

English-United States: Sea Bristletail

Literature

basis of record	Legakis, A. (2001). Insecta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 323-324
additional source	Cheng, L. (Ed.) (1976). Marine insects. North-Holland Publishing Company: Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 0-444-11213-8. XII, 581 pp.
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (54 publications)
Marine Life Information Network - UK
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

WoRMS (2014). Petrobius maritimus (Leach, 1809). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:118128

Dr Luis F. Mendes. Petrobius maritimus (Leach, 1809). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=84832