Carcharhiniformes

Translingual

Etymology

Carcharhinus +‎ -iformes

Proper noun

Carcharhiniformes

A taxonomic order within the superorder Selachimorpha – ground 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): Carcharhinidae (requiem sharks), Hemigaleidae (weasel sharks), Leptochariidae (barbeled houndshark), Proscylliidae (finback catsharks), Pseudotriakidae (false catsharks), Scyliorhinidae (catsharks), Sphyrnidae (hammerhead sharks), Triakidae (houndsharks) - families

References

Carcharhiniformes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Carcharhiniformes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Carcharhiniformes 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. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521

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