Elasmobranchii

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἔλασμα (élasma, metal plate) + βράγχια (bránkhia, gills).

Proper noun

Elasmobranchii

  1. The sharks, rays and skates
    1. A taxonomic subclass within the class Chondrichthyes.
    2. A taxonomic class within the superclass Chondrichthyes.[1]

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References

  1. 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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