Cirripedia
Translingual
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Semibalanus balanoides
Etymology
From Latin cirrus (“fringe”) + pes (“foot”).
Proper noun
Cirripedia
- A taxonomic infraclass within the class Maxillopoda – the barnacles.
Hypernyms
- (infraclass): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Crustacea - subphylum; Maxillopoda - class; Thecostraca - subclass[1]
Hyponyms
- (infraclass): Acrothoracica, Rhizocephala, Thoracica - superorders[1]
- Cryptophialida, Lithoglyptida; Akentrogonida, Kentrogonida; Ibliformes, Lepadiformes, Scalpelliformes, Sessilia - orders[1]
Coordinate terms
- (infraclass in Thecostraca): Ascothoracida, Facetotecta[1]
References
Cirripedia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Cirripedia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Cirripedia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- 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