Chimaeriformes
Translingual
Etymology
Chimaera + -iformes
Proper noun
Chimaeriformes
- A taxonomic order within the class Chondrichthyes – the ghost sharks or chimaeras.
Hypernyms
- (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Chondrichthyes - class
Hyponyms
- (order): Chimaeridae, Rhinochimaeridae - families
Related terms
- Chimaeroidei
References
Chimaeriformes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Chimaeriformes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Chimaeriformes 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