It crawls out swiftly, has many legs and my friends call it a silverfish.
2006-10-28 09:13:25 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Yes, it's a silverfish :)
Its classification is:
Domain Eukarya (if you care ;))
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Order Thysanura
Family Lepismatidae
Genus Lepisma
and I assume species Lepisma domestica (Lepisma has a number of other species and I'm no entomologist)
BTW, "many legs" is exactly six, as in all insects ;) I had them in my bathroom and carefully counted the legs :P
To some previous answerers, the creature does seem to be or have been classified into a taxon called Zygentoma, at least I saw that at palaeos.com, but AFAIK the order is Thysanura.
2006-10-28 10:57:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Lepisma saccharina. Its common name is the silverfish. Kingdom: Metazoa
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Zygentoma
Family: Lepismatidae
2006-10-28 16:29:38 · answer #2 · answered by cero143_326 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I thought the order was Thysanura..
2006-10-28 17:03:31 · answer #3 · answered by Strix 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Book Worm? :)
2006-10-28 17:08:23 · answer #4 · answered by truHart 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋