Orectolobiformes

Translingual

Etymology

Orectolobus +‎ -iformes

Proper noun

Orectolobiformes

1. A taxonomic order within the superorder Selachimorpha – carpet sharks.

Hypernyms

• (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Chondrichthyes – class; Elasmobranchii – subclass; Selachimorpha – superorder

Hyponyms

• (order): Brachaeluridae (blind sharks), Ginglymostomatidae (nurse sharks), Hemiscylliidae (bamboo sharks, some carpet sharks, and epaulette sharks), Orectolobidae (wobbegong sharks), Parascylliidae (collared carpet sharks), Rhincodontidae (whale sharks), Stegostomatidae (zebra sharks) – families (English vernacular names)

References

• carpet shark on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Orectolobiformes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Orectolobiformes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• 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