Carcharhiniformes

Translingual

Etymology

Carcharhinus +‎ -iformes

Proper noun

Carcharhiniformes

1. A taxonomic order within the superorder Selachimorpha – ground sharks.

Hypernyms

• (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Chondrichthyes - class; Elasmobranchii - subclass; Selachimorpha - superorder

Hyponyms

• (order): Carcharhinidae (requiem sharks), Hemigaleidae (weasel sharks), Leptochariidae (barbeled houndshark), Proscylliidae (finback catsharks), Pseudotriakidae (false catsharks), Scyliorhinidae (catsharks), Sphyrnidae (hammerhead sharks), Triakidae (houndsharks) - families

References

• Carcharhiniformes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Carcharhiniformes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Carcharhiniformes 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