Gomphiocephalus hodgsoni | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Collembola |
Order: | Poduromorpha |
Family: | Hypogastruridae |
Genus: | Gomphiocephalus Carpenter, 1908 |
Species: | G. hodgsoni |
Binomial name | |
Gomphiocephalus hodgsoni Carpenter, 1908 | |
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]