Anthozoa
See also: anthozoa
Translingual
Etymology
antho- (“flower”) + -zoa (“animals”), second element based on Ancient Greek ζῷον (zôion).
Proper noun
Anthozoa
- the corals, sea pens and sea anemones:
- A taxonomic class within the phylum Cnidaria.
- A taxonomic subphylum within the phylum Cnidaria.[1]
- A taxonomic class within the subphylum Anthozoa.[1]
Hypernyms
- (class): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Cnidaria - phylum[1]
Hyponyms
- (class in Cnidaria): Alcyonaria, Octocorallia, Hexacorallia - subclasses
- (subphylum): Anthozoa - class[1]
- (class in Anthozoa): Hexacorallia (Actiniaria, Antipatharia, Ceriantharia, Corallimorpharia, Scleractinia, Zoantharia - orders), Octocorallia (Alcyonacea, Helioporacea, Pennatulacea - orders) - subclasses[1]
References
- Anthozoa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Anthozoa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Anthozoa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Anthozoa at World Register of Marine Species
- Anthozoa at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Anthozoa at Encyclopedia of Life
- Anthozoa at the Tree of Life Web Project
- 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