Orthonectida
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ὀρθός (orthós, “straight”) + νηκτός (nēktós, “swimming”) or νήκτης (nḗktēs, “swimmer”) + -ida.
Proper noun
Orthonectida
- A taxonomic phylum within the infrakingdom Protostomia – poorly known parasites of marine invertebrates that are among the simplest of multi-cellular organisms..
Hypernyms
- (phylum): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom
Hyponyms
- (phylum): Plasmodigenea - sole order; Pelmatosphaeridae, Rhopaluridae - families
References
Orthonectida on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Orthonectida on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Orthonectida on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Orthonectida 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