Diaptomus

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin, probably from Ancient Greek διάπτωμα (diáptōma, “stumble, slip; error; failure”) +‎ -us (taxonomic suffix).

Proper noun

Diaptomus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Diaptomidae – widely distributed freshwater copepods including some which serve as intermediate hosts for the fish tapeworm of humans.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Crustacea – subphylum; Multicrustacea – superclass; Hexanauplia – class ; Copepoda - subclass; Neocopepoda - infraclass; Gymnoplea - superorder; Calanoida - order ; Diaptomidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Diaptomus rostripes - species

References

• Diaptomus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia