#4922 · 🪼 jellyfish, starfish, worms & co

Seashore Springtail

🇳🇱 Blauwe springstaart ·Anurida maritima

🪼 Jellyfish, starfish, worms & co 📍 in the Netherlands

8 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Nathan Jackson · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Jason M Crockwell · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
3. © Jeff Goddard · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Nathan Jackson · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Jason M Crockwell · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
6. © Stan Rullman · CC BY 4.0
7. © Nataël Adam · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Christophe Quintin · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Anurida maritima (Seashore Springtail) is a cosmopolitan collembolan of the intertidal zone. It is often found in aggregations of up to several hundred on the surface of rock-pools.

base stats

NL sightings 10iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,649iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

Spotted 10 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
1,649 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1836 (190 years ago).

fact sheet

English: Seashore Springtail
Nederlands: Blauwe springstaart
scientific name: Anurida maritima
class: Entognatha
order: Poduromorpha
family: Neanuridae
sightings in NL: 10
sightings in Europe: 329
sightings worldwide: 1,649
GBIF records in NL: 104
weight: —
length: —
lifespan: —
named: 1836

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 203347, Wikidata Q4550933, GBIF 2121989, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.