Dracunculoidea
Translingual
Etymology
From Dracunculus + -oidea (“-like”, taxonomic suffix).
Proper noun
Dracunculoidea
- Certain chromadorean nematodes:
- A taxonomic superfamily within the order Spirurida.
- A taxonomic superfamily within the order Rhabditida.
Hypernyms
- (superfamily in Spirurida): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Nematoda - phylum; Chromadorea - class; Plectia - subclass; Rhabditica - superorder; Spirurida - order
- (superfamily in Rhabditida): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Nematoda - phylum; Chromadorea - class; Plectia - subclass; Rhabditica - superorder; Rhabditida - order; Spirurina - suborder
Hyponyms
- (superfamily): Anguillicolidae, Daniconematidae, Dracunculidae, Philometridae, Skrjabillanidae - families
References
Dracunculoidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies - Dracunculoidea 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