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'''Hexapods''', from the Latin meaning "six feet," are [[arthropod|arthropods]] with six legs.  The subphylum is split into two classes, the large class containing [[insect|insects]], and much more primitive hexapods in the class [[Entognatha]], which include household pests like [[silverfish]].  This second class was created only recently.
'''Hexapods''', from the Latin meaning "six feet," are [[arthropod|arthropods]] with six legs.  The subphylum is split into two classes, the large class containing [[insect|insects]], and much more primitive hexapods in the class [[Entognatha]], which include household pests like [[silverfish]].  This second class was created only recently.
==Bibliography==
[http://www.itis.gov/ Integrated Taxonomic Information System]. Accessed June 4 2008.

Revision as of 22:01, 4 June 2008

Hexapods
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classes

Hexapods, from the Latin meaning "six feet," are arthropods with six legs. The subphylum is split into two classes, the large class containing insects, and much more primitive hexapods in the class Entognatha, which include household pests like silverfish. This second class was created only recently.

Bibliography

Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed June 4 2008.