Scolecida

Translingual

Etymology

Scolex +‎ -ida

Proper noun

Scolecida

1. A taxonomic infraclass within the class Polychaeta – polychaete worms, mostly unselective deposit feeders on marine detritus.

Hypernyms

• (infraclass): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Annelida – phylum; Polychaeta – class; Sedentaria - infraclass

Hyponyms

• (infraclass): Arenicolidae, Capitellidae, Cossuridae, Maldanidae, Opheliidae, Orbiniidae, Paraonidae, Scalibregmatidae, Travisiidae - accepted families

References

• Scolecida on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Scolecida on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Scolecida on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Scolecida at World Register of Marine Species
• Scolecida at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Scolecida at the Tree of Life Web Project
• Scolecida at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• 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