Dicyemida
Translingual
Etymology
Dicyema + -ida
Proper noun
Dicyemida
- Several tiny parasites that live in the renal appendages of cephalopods
- A taxonomic phylum within the group Mesozoa.
- A taxonomic order within the phylum Rhombozoa.[1]
Hypernyms
- (order): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Rhombozoa - phylum[1]
Hyponyms
- (order): Conocyemidae, Dicyemidae, Kantharellidae - families[1]
References
Dicyemida on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Dicyemida on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Mesozoa 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