Hydrophis

Translingual

Hydrophis ornatus in an aquarium

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”) + ὄφις (óphis, “serpent”)

Proper noun

Hydrophis m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Elapidae – many sea snakes.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Reptilia – class; Diapsida – subclass; Lepidosauromorpha – infraclass; Lepidosauria – superorder; Squamata – order; Caenophidia – suborder; Elapoidea – superfamily; Elapidae – family; Hydrophiinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Hydrophis fasciatus (striped sea snake) - type species; for other species see Hydrophis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Derived terms

• Parahydrophis

References

• Hydrophis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Hydrophis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Hydrophis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Hydrophis at World Register of Marine Species
• Hydrophis at Animal Diversity Web
• Hydrophis at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Hydrophis at National Center for Biotechnology Information