Cyclostomata
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Translingual
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From French cyclostome, from Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos, “circle”) + στόμα (stóma, “mouth”).
Proper noun
[edit]Cyclostomata
- A taxonomic class within the subphylum Vertebrata – the living jawless fishes: lampreys and hagfishes; the cyclostomes.
- 1834, Peter Mark Roget, Animal and Vegetable Physiology, volume 2 (in English), William Pickering, page 116:
- Among fishes, we meet with the family of Cyclostomata, so called from their having a circular mouth, formed for suction.
- 2009, Shigehiro Kuraku et al., “Jawless Fishes (Cyclostomata)”, in The Timetree of Life (in English), Oxford University Press, page 317:
- Cyclostomata comprises two families of living jawless fishes: hagfishs (Myxinidae, 44 species) and lampreys (Petrymyzonidae, 41 species).
- A taxonomic order within the phylum Bryozoa – the Cyclostomatida.[1]
Synonyms
[edit]- (order): Cyclostomatida
Hypernyms
[edit]- (class): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Agnatha - infraphylum
- (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Bryozoa – phylum; Stenolaemata - class[1]
Hyponyms
[edit]- (class): Myxiniformes (hagfishes), Petromyzontiformes (lampreys) - orders
- (order): Articulata, Cancellata, Cerioporina, Fasciculina, Rectangulata, Tubuliporina - suborder[1]
Coordinate terms
[edit]- (class): Gnathostomata
References
[edit]- class of Vertebrata
- Cyclostomata on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Cyclostomata on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Cyclostomata on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- order of Bryozoa
- Cyclostomatida on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Cyclostomatida on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Cyclostomatida on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Cyclostomata at World Register of Marine Species