Protura
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πρῶτος (prôtos, “first, primitive”) + οὐρά (ourá, “tail”).
Proper noun
Protura
- A taxonomic class within the phylum Arthropoda – many very small wingless soil-dwelling hexapods.
Usage notes
- Also designates an order for some authors.
Hypernyms
- (class): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum[1]
Hyponyms
- (class): Acerentomata, Eosentomata, Sinentomata - orders[1]
Coordinate terms
- (class): Collembola, Diplura, Insecta[1]
References
- 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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