Species Profile
Lepisma saccharina
Silverfish
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderUnknown
FamilyUnknown
Introduction
Terrestrial insect living in moist areas.
Feeds on starchy materials.
Size & Structure
01
Small elongated body
02
Silvery scales
03
Wingless
04
Three caudal filaments
Lepisma saccharina — 3D Model
General Features
- Coelom
- Coelomate (haemocoel)
- Body plan
- Tube within a tube (Protostomous)
- Germ layer
- Triploblastic
- Metamerism
- Present
- Body symmetry
- Bilateral
- Fertilization
- Internal
- Digestion type
- Complete
- Nervous system
- Ventral nerve cord
- Excretory organ
- Malpighian tubules
- Body temperature
- Poikilothermic (stenohaline)
- Circulatory type
- Open
- Development type
- Direct
- Respiratory type
- Tracheal
- Mode of excretion
- Uricotelism
- Circulation system
- Open
- Skeleton structure
- Exoskeleton
- Level of Organisation
- Organ system level
- Regulation of Osmosis
- Osmoconformer
Ecology
Decomposer
Recycles organic matter
Economic Importance
Damages books and paper
Household pest