Carcharhiniformes
Translingual
Etymology
Carcharhinus + -iformes
Proper noun
Carcharhiniformes
- A taxonomic order within the superorder Selachimorpha – ground sharks.
Hypernyms
- (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Chondrichthyes - class; Elasmobranchii - subclass; Selachimorpha - superorder
Hyponyms
- (order): Carcharhinidae (requiem sharks), Hemigaleidae (weasel sharks), Leptochariidae (barbeled houndshark), Proscylliidae (finback catsharks), Pseudotriakidae (false catsharks), Scyliorhinidae (catsharks), Sphyrnidae (hammerhead sharks), Triakidae (houndsharks) - families
References
Carcharhiniformes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Carcharhiniformes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Carcharhiniformes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - 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