| Abstract from DBPedia | The Entognatha are a class of wingless and ametabolous arthropods, which, together with the insects, makes up the subphylum Hexapoda. Their mouthparts are entognathous, meaning that they are retracted within the head, unlike the insects. Entognatha are apterous, meaning that they lack wings. The class contains three orders: Collembola (springtails, 9000 species), Diplura (“two-tail”, 1000 species) and Protura (“first-tail”, 800 species). These three groups were historically united with the now-obsolete order Thysanura to form the class Apterygota, but it has since been recognized that the hexapodous condition of these animals has evolved independently from that of insects, and independently within each order. The orders may not be closely related, and Entognatha is now considered to be a polyphyletic group.内顎綱 (ないがくこう、Entognatha) は節足動物門の綱の一つ。昆虫（外顎綱）とともに六脚類を構成する。口器は内顎であり、つまり頭部の中に格納されている。また内顎綱は無翅であり、翅を欠く。この綱はカマアシムシ目、トビムシ目、コムシ目の3目を含む。これらは過去にはシミ目に統合され、無翅亜綱を構成していたが、これらは昆虫とは独立に、また互いの中でも独立に進化してきたことが認識されてきた。目の間には恐らく密接な関係はなく、その場合、内顎綱は多系統群である。 (Source: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Entognatha) |
