#4950 · 🪼 jellyfish, starfish, worms & co
Langsprietspringstaart
Pogonognathellus longicornis
🪼 Jellyfish, starfish, worms & co 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 Formby, Liverpool, UK
📍 Hatfield, Doncaster, UK
📍 87672 Roßhaupten, Deutschland
📍 Rochdale OL12, UK
📍 Stuttgart, Allemagne
📍 Fourqueux, 78112 Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Francia
📍 North Access Road, London, England, GB
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Baptiste Morenval · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Martin Grimm · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © portioid · CC BY 4.0
- 4. Formby, Liverpool, UK:© Thomas Dalley · CC BY 4.0
- 5. Hatfield, Doncaster, UK:© Luke D Chambers · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. 87672 Roßhaupten, Deutschland:© David Kaliss · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Rochdale OL12, UK:© Alfie Felton · CC BY 4.0
- 8. Stuttgart, Allemagne:© Julien C. · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Fourqueux, 78112 Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Francia:© frv78 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. North Access Road, London, England, GB:© Rupert Lees · CC BY 4.0
what is it?
Pogonognathellus longicornis (former names: Tomocerus longicornis or Podura longicornis ) is a common species of springtail present in Europe.
base stats
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 5 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 2,153 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
fact sheet
- Nederlands
- Langsprietspringstaart
- scientific name
- Pogonognathellus longicornis
- class
- Entognatha
- order
- Entomobryomorpha
- family
- Tomoceridae
- sightings in NL
- 5
- sightings in Europe
- 1,109
- sightings worldwide
- 2,153
- GBIF records in NL
- 16
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
relatives· Tomoceridae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 705936, Wikidata Q4047148, GBIF 4538732, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.