Polychaeta

See also: polychaeta

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “many”) + χαίτη (khaítē, “chaeta”).

Proper noun

Polychaeta

A taxonomic class within the phylum Annelida – various polychete marine worms.

Hypernyms

(class): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Spiralia - superphylum; Annelida - phylum

Hyponyms

(class): Echiura, Errantia (syn. Aciculata), Sedentaria - subclasses; Scolecida - order not assigned to a subclass; Nerillidae - family not assigned to order or subclass

References

Polychaeta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Polychaeta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Polychaeta on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Polychaeta at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Polychaeta at Encyclopedia of Life
Polychaeta on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Polychaeta 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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