Soil animals

Japanese: 土壌動物 - どじょうどうぶつ(英語表記)soil animals
Soil animals
Animals that live in fallen leaves and soil. When soil microorganisms (bacteria, fungi) are included, they are called soil organisms.
[kinds]
The most well-known soil animals are probably moles, earthworms, and ants. In addition, there are spiders, millipedes, centipedes, woodlouse, pillbugs, mole crickets, earwigs, ground beetles, and pipefish. These can be seen with the naked eye, so they are called large soil animals. However, there are also many other small animals that are hard to see, such as mites, crab bugs, spiders, springtails, proboscis beetles, staphylococci, earthworms, and nematodes (roundworms), which are called small soil animals.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
落葉や土の中で生活している動物。土壌微生物(細菌,カビ)まで含める場合,土壌生物と呼ばれる。
[種類]
 土壌動物の中でだれでも知っているのはモグラ,ミミズ,アリであろう。さらにジグモ,ヤスデ,ムカデ,ワラジムシ,ダンゴムシ,ケラ,ハサミムシ,オサムシ,キセルガイなどがある。これらは肉眼でも見つけることができるので,大型土壌動物と呼ばれている。しかし,このほかにも目につきにくい小さな動物,例えばダニ,カニムシ,コサラグモ,トビムシ,カマアシムシ,ハネカクシ,ヒメミミズ,センチュウ(線虫)などがたくさん生息しており,これらは小型土壌動物と呼ばれている。

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