Cephalochordata

Translingual

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Cephalochordata

1. A taxonomic subphylum within the phylum Chordata – lancelets, non-vertebrate chordates.

Hypernyms

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

Hyponyms

• (subphylum): Leptocardii - sole extant class
  • Branchiostomidae - sole extant family

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