Pentastomida
Translingual
Etymology
From Pentastoma + -ida, from neuter plural of New Latin pentastomus, from Ancient Greek πεντάστομος (pentástomos, “with five mouths”), from πέντε (pénte, “five”) + στόμα (stóma, “mouth”) + -ος (-os, adjectival suffix), in reference to the four hooks outside of the oral openings that make them appear to have five mouths.
Hypernyms
- (subclass): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Crustacea - subphylum; Maxillopoda - class
Hyponyms
- (subclass): Cephalobaenida, Porocephalida - orders
Coordinate terms
- (subclass): Branchiura, Copepoda, Mystacocarida, Tantulocarida, Thecostraca
References
- Pentastomida on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Pentastomida on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Pentastomida on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
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