Dipnoi

See also: dipnoi

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δίς (dís, “double”) + πνοή (pnoḗ, “breathing”).

Proper noun

Dipnoi

the lungfishes and their extinct relatives
1. A taxonomic subclass within the class Sarcopterygii.
2. A taxonomic infraclass within the subclass Sarcopterygii.
3. A taxonomic class within the superclass Sarcopterygii.[1]

Hypernyms

(subclass): Chordata - phylum; Chordata Craniata - clade; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Osteichthyes - superclass; Sarcopterygii - class
(class): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Sarcopterygii - superclass[1]

Hyponyms

(class): Ceratodontiformes, Lepidosireniformes[1] - orders

References

Dipnoi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Dipnoi on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Dipnoi on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Dipnoi at the Tree of Life Web Project
Dipnoi at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Dipnoi at AnimalBase
Dipnoi on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.

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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