Chimaeriformes

Translingual

Etymology

Chimaera +‎ -iformes

Proper noun

Chimaeriformes

1. A taxonomic order within the class Chondrichthyes – the ghost sharks or chimaeras.

Hypernyms

• (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Chondrichthyes - class

Hyponyms

• (order): Chimaeridae, Rhinochimaeridae - families

Related terms

• Chimaeroidei

References

• Chimaeriformes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Chimaeriformes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Chimaeriformes 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