Echinodermata

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐχῖνος (ekhînos, “hedgehog, sea urchin”) + δέρμα (dérma, “skin”).

Proper noun

Echinodermata

A taxonomic phylum within the infrakingdom Deuterostomia – the echinoderms: various sea creatures.

Hypernyms

(phylum): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom

Hyponyms

(phylum): Asterozoa, Crinozoa, Echinozoa - subphyla
- Asteroidea, Ophiuroidea - classes in Asterozoa; Crinoidea - class in Crinozoa; Echinoidea, Holothuroidea - classes in Echinozoa

OR

Eleutherozoa, Pelmatozoa - subphyla; †Homalozoa - extinct subphylum
- Asteroidea, Crinoidea, Echinoidea, Holothuroidea, Ophiuroidea - classes

References

Echinodermata on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Echinodermata on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Echinodermata on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Echinodermata at World Register of Marine Species
Echinodermata on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Echinodermata at the Tree of Life Web Project
Echinodermata at Encyclopedia of Life
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