Loricata

Loricata

See also: loricata

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin lōrīcāta (“[those who are] clad in mail”).

Proper noun

Loricata

1. A taxonomic infraorder within the order Decapoda – now families Galatheidae, Munididae, Scyllaridae, Palinuridae.
2. A taxonomic class within the phylum Mollusca – Polyplacophora, chitons.
3. A taxonomic clade within the class Reptilia – crocodylians and their extinct close relatives.
4. Other groups with loricae
   1. Certain loricate rotifers.
   2. Armadillos and close relatives.

Synonyms

• (Polyplacophora): Amphineura; loricates; sea cradles, coat-of-mail shells

Hypernyms

• (infraorder in Decapoda): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Crustacea - subphylum; Malacostraca - class; Eumalacostraca - subclass; Eucarida - superorder; Decapoda - order; Pleocyemata (see also Macrura) - suborder
• (Polyplacophora): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Spiralia - superphylum; Mollusca - phylum
• (clade in Reptilia): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Reptilia - class

Derived terms

• Neoloricata

References

• Loricata at OneLook Dictionary Search
• Loricata in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

in Decapoda

• Loricata at World Register of Marine Species

in Mollusca

• Chiton on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

in Reptilia

• Loricata on Wikipedia.Wikipedia