Cephalopoda

Translingual

Sepioteuthis sepioidea, the Caribbean reef squid, is a member of the class Cephalopoda.

Etymology

cephalo- +‎ -poda, from Ancient Greek κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”) + πούς (poús, “foot”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsɛfələpəʊdə/, /ˈkɛfələpəʊdə/

Proper noun

Cephalopoda

A taxonomic class within the phylum Mollusca – cephalopods.

Hypernyms

(class): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum

Hyponyms

(class): Coleoidea, Nautiloidea - extant superfamilies; †Ammonoidea - extinct superfamily

Coordinate terms

(class in Mollusca): Bivalvia, Caudofoveata, Gastropoda, Monoplacophora, Polyplacophora, Scaphopoda, Solenogastres - classes

References

Cephalopoda on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Cephalopoda on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Cephalopoda on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Cephalopoda at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Cephalopoda at Encyclopedia of Life
Cephalopoda at World Register of Marine Species
Cephalopoda 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. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248

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