Echiura

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἔχις (ékhis, “viper”) + οὐρά (ourá, “tail”).

Proper noun

Echiura

A taxonomic subclass within the class Polychaeta – the spoon worms.

Hypernyms

(subclass): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Spiralia - superphylum; Annelida - phylum; Polychaeta - class

Hyponyms

(subclass): Echiuroinea, Heteromyota, Xenopneusta - orders

References

Echiura on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Echiura on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Echiura on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
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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