Scolecida

Translingual

Etymology

Scolex +‎ -ida

Proper noun

Scolecida

A taxonomic infraclass within the class Polychaeta – polychaete worms, mostly unselective deposit feeders on marine detritus.

Hypernyms

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

Hyponyms

(infraclass): Arenicolidae, Capitellidae, Cossuridae, Maldanidae, Opheliidae, Orbiniidae, Paraonidae, Scalibregmatidae, Travisiidae - accepted families

References

Scolecida on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Scolecida on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Scolecida on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Scolecida at World Register of Marine Species
Scolecida on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Scolecida at the Tree of Life Web Project
Scolecida at Encyclopedia of Life
Scolecida at National Center for Biotechnology Information
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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