Clypeasteroida

Clypeasteroida

Translingual

Clypeaster reticulatus
upper side (left) and underside

Alternative forms

• Clypeastroida

Etymology

Clypeaster +‎ -oida

Proper noun

Clypeasteroida

1. A taxonomic order within the class Echinoidea – the sand dollars.

Hypernyms

• (order): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Deuterostomia - superphylum; Echinodermata - phylum; Echinozoa - subphylum; Echinoidea - class; Euechinoidea - subclass; Irregularia - infraclass[1]

Hyponyms

• (order): Clypeasterina, Laganina, Rotulina, Scutellina (suborders)
  • Astriclypeidae, Clypeasteridae, Dendrasteridae, Echinarachniidae, Echinocyamidae, Fibulariidae, Laganidae, Mellitidae, Rotulidae, Scutellidae, Taiwanasteridae - families

Coordinate terms

• (order in Irregularia): Cassiduloida, Echinolampadoida, Holasteroida, Spatangoida - order[1]

References

• Clypeasteroida on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Clypeasteroida on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Clypeasteroida on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

1. 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