Clypeasteroida

Translingual

Clypeaster reticulatus
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Alternative forms

• Clypeastroida

Etymology

Clypeaster +‎ -oida

Proper noun

Clypeasteroida

1. A taxonomic order within the class Echinoidea – sand dollars.

Hypernyms

• (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Deuterostomia – superphylum; Echinodermata – phylum; Echinozoa - subphylum; Echinoidea - class; Euechinoidea - subclass; Irregularia - infraclass

Hyponyms

• (order): Clypeasterina, Laganina, Rotulina, Scutellina (suborders)
  • Astriclypeidae, Clypeasteridae, Dendrasteridae, Echinarachniidae, Echinocyamidae, Fibulariidae, Laganidae, Mellitidae, Rotulidae, Scutellidae, Taiwanasteridae - families

Coordinate terms

• (order in Irregularia): Cassiduloida, Echinolampadoida, Holasteroida, Spatangoida - orders

References

• Clypeasteroida on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Clypeasteroida on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Clypeasteroida on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons