Entoprocta
Translingual
Wikispecies
Etymology
From ento- + Ancient Greek πρωκτός (prōktós, “anus”).
Proper noun
Entoprocta
- A taxonomic phylum within the kingdom Animalia – many small sessile aquatic animals having a crown of tentacles surrounding a mouth and anus.
Hypernyms
- (phylum): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Spiralia - superphylum
Hyponyms
- (phylum): Coloniales, Solitaria - orders
Coordinate terms
- (phylum): Ectoprocta
References
- 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