Holostei
Translingual
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Etymology
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Proper noun
Holostei
- Bony fish with primitive characteristics; the bowfin and the gars
- A taxonomic infraclass within the subclass Neopterygii.
- A taxonomic class within the superclass Actinopterygii.[1]
Usage notes
- A paraphyletic group, likely to be reclassified.
Hypernyms
- (infraclass): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum, Gnathostomata - infraphylum, Osteichthyes - superclass, Actinopterygii - class, Neopterygii - subclass
- (class): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Actinopterygii - superclass[1]
Hyponyms
- (infraclass): Amiiformes, Lepisosteiformes[1]; †Macrosemiiformes, †Semionotiformes - orders
Coordinate terms
- (class): Chondrostei, Cladistei (=Cladistia), Teleostei - classes in Actinopterygii[1]
References
Holostei on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Holostei on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Holostei on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Holostei at World Register of Marine Species
- 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