Squaliformes

Translingual

Etymology

Squalus +‎ -iformes

Proper noun

Squaliformes

1. A taxonomic order within the class Chondrichthyes – dogfish 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): Centrophoridae (gulper sharks), Dalatiidae (kitefin sharks), Echinorhinidae (bramble sharks), Etmopteridae (lantern sharks), Oxynotidae (roughsharks), Somniosidae (sleeper sharks), Squalidae (dogfish sharks) - families

References

• Squaliformes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Squaliformes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Squaliformes 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