Mordacia

See also: mordacia

Translingual

Mordacia mordax

Etymology

From Latin mordax (“biting, snappish, tart; cutting”).

Proper noun

Mordacia f

1. Southern topeyed lampreys
   1. A taxonomic genus within the family Mordaciidae.
   2. A taxonomic genus within the family Petromyzontidae.

Hypernyms

• (genus in Mordaciidae): Vertebrata - subphylum; Hyperoartia - clade; Cephalaspidomorphi - class; Petromyzontiformes - order; Mordaciidae - family
• (genus in Petromyzontidae): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Agnatha - infraphylum; Cephalaspidomorphi - class; Petromyzontiformes - order; Petromyzontidae - family; Mordaciinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Mordacia mordax (Australian lamprey) - type species; Mordacia lapicida (Chilean lamprey), Mordacia praecox (Australian brook lamprey) - other species

References

• Mordacia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Mordacia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Mordacia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Mordacia at World Register of Marine Species
• Mordacia at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Mordacia at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Mordacia at Paleobiology Database