Neoophora

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νέος (néos, “new”) + ᾠόν (ōión, “egg”) + -φόρος (-phóros, “bearing”), in reference to their ectolecithal eggs.

Proper noun

Neoophora

1. (archaic) A taxonomic infraclass within the phylum Platyhelminthes – certain flatworms.

Hypernyms

• (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Platyhelminthes – phylum; Rhabditophora - subphylum

Hyponyms

• (class): Eulecithophora (Adiaphanida, Rhabdocoela - infraclasses in Eulecithophora); Neodermata (Cestoda), Monogenea, Trematoda - infraclasses in Neodermata) - subclasses

References

• Neoophora on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Rhabditophora on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

• Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, →DOI