Pentastomida

Translingual

Etymology

From Pentastoma +‎ -ida, from neuter plural of New Latin pentastomus, from Ancient Greek πεντάστομος (pentástomos, “with five mouths”), from πέντε (pénte, “five”) +‎ στόμα (stóma, “mouth”) +‎ -ος (-os, adjectival suffix), in reference to the four hooks outside of the oral openings that make them appear to have five mouths.

Proper noun

Pentastomida

1. tongue worms
   1. A taxonomic subclass within the class Maxillopoda.
   2. A taxonomic subclass within the class Ichthyostaca.

Hypernyms

• (subclass in Macillopoda): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Crustacea - subphylum; Maxillopoda - class
• (subclass in Ichthyostraca): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Oligostraca – superclass; Ichthyostraca – class

Hyponyms

• (subclass in Ichthyostraca): Cephalobaenida, Porocephalida, Raillietiellida, Reighardiida – orders

Coordinate terms

• (subclass in Macillopoda): Branchiura, Copepoda, Mystacocarida, Tantulocarida, Thecostraca

References

• Pentastomida on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Pentastomida on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Pentastomida on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons