Clitellata
Translingual
Etymology
From New Latin clitellum + -ata.
Proper noun
Clitellata
- A taxonomic class within the phylum Annelida – leeches, earthworms and related animals.
Hypernyms
- (class): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Spiralia - superphylum; Annelida - phylum
Hyponyms
- (class): Hirudinea (leeches), Oligochaeta (earthworms) - subclasses; Branchiobdellida - order not assigned to subclass
- Acanthobdellida, Arhynchobdellida, Rhynchobdellida - orders in Hirudinea; Enchytraeida, Haplotaxida, Lumbriculida, Tubificida, Moniligastrida, Opistophora - orders in Oligochaeta
References
Clitellata on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Clitellata on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Clitellata on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Clitellata at the Tree of Life Web Project
- 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