Ophiuroidea

Translingual

Etymology

Ophiura +‎ -oidea

Proper noun

Ophiuroidea

A taxonomic class within the phylum Echinodermata – the brittle stars.

Hypernyms

(class): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Deuterostomia - superphylum; Echinodermata - phylum; Asterozoa - subphylum

Hyponyms

(class): Euryalida, Ophiurida - orders

Coordinate terms

(class in Asterozoa): Asteroidea

References

Ophiuroidea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Ophiuroidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Ophiuroidea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Ophiuroidea at World Register of Marine Species
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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