Pterobranchia

Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Pterobranchia

1. A taxonomic class within the phylum Hemichordata – small worm-shaped animals living in secreted tubes on the ocean floor.

Hypernyms

• (class): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Hemichordata - phylum

Hyponyms

• (class): Cephalodiscida, Rhabdopleurida - orders

References

• Pterobranchia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Pterobranchia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Pterobranchia 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