Gnathostomata

Gnathostomata

Translingual

Chimaera monstrosa (Vertebrata)

Clypeaster reticulatus (Euechinoidea)
upper side (left) and underside

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γνάθος (gnáthos, “jaw”) + στόμα (stóma, “mouth”) + Latin -ata, neutral plural of suffix -atus, equivalent to -ate.

Proper noun

Gnathostomata

1. A taxonomic infraphylum within the subphylum Vertebrata – those vertebrates that have jaws.[1]
2. A taxonomic superorder within the class Echinoidea – some sea urchins, including the sand dollars.

Hypernyms

• (infraphylum): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; (Eumetazoa - subkingdom;) Bilateria - subkingdom; (Nephrozoa - clade) Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata  - phylum (≈ Chordata Craniata - clade); Vertebrata - subphylum[1]
• (superorder): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Deuterostomia - superphylum; Echinodermata - phylum; Echinozoa - subphylum; Echinoidea - class

Hyponyms

• (infraphylum): Actinopterygii, Sarcopterygii, Tetrapoda - superclasses[1], Ikhthues
• (superorder): Clypeasteroida, Holectypoida - orders

Coordinate terms

• (infraphylum): Agnatha[1]

References

• (infraphylum):
  • Gnathostomata on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Gnathostomata (Vertebrata) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• (superorder):
  • Gnathostomata (echinoid) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Gnathostomata (Euechinoidea) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

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