Insecta

insects

Classaccepted · checked 2026-08-05WoRMS 1307ITIS 99208key worms:1307

2026-08-05: itis_id 99208 via WoRMS external link

Insects are invertebrates of the class Insecta. They are the largest group within the arthropod phylum.W CalCOFI holds 434 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1999 and 2013.R

434
observations: 434
records: 1999–2013
years: 1
datasets

Photo · TOUROULT Julien · CC BY 4.0 · inat

Observed in nothing keyed to it directly

Every observation under it belongs to one of the taxa under it — 1 taxon, in the fold below.

Ways inExplorer db-query R Python This page as JSON

Code and endpoints R · Python · JSON

library(calcofi4r)
con <- cc_get_db()                      # the promoted release
tbl(con, "obs_bio") |> filter(taxon_key == "worms:1307")

Read from taxa.json of release v2026.10.19, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

How big is it not on record

Not on record: no authority the fetcher reads carries a length for this taxon (a genus page could show the range of its species).

Under it 1 taxon

iC Pterygota434

Lineage 4 ranks · Biota to Hexapoda

Credits silhouette · photo · text

Silhouette · T. Michael Keesey · CC BY-SA 3.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Petrobius maritimus · source
Photo · TOUROULT Julien · CC BY 4.0 · inat · source
Text · Wikipedia, “Insect” · CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1371478114

Elsewhere Wikidata · iNaturalist · GBIF

Wikidata iNaturalist GBIF

The same organism on the services the faces were fetched from; the authorities' own pages are the ids in the head.

Cite the release, v2026.10.19

Cite the release, v2026.10.19; each dataset's own citation, licence and DOI are on its page. How to cite ↗