Cephalochordata

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”) + Chordata

Proper noun

Cephalochordata

A taxonomic subphylum within the phylum Chordata – the lancelets.

Hypernyms

(subphylum): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum

Hyponyms

(subphylum): Amphioxiformes - order
- Asymmetronidae, Branchiostomidae - families

References

Cephalochordata on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Cephalochordata on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Cephalochordata on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Cephalochordata at the Tree of Life Web Project
Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248

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