Petromyzontiformes

Translingual

Lampetra planeri

Etymology

Petromyzon +‎ -iformes

Proper noun

Petromyzontiformes

A taxonomic order within the class Petromyzontida – lampreys.

Usage notes

The families Geotriidae and Mordaciidae are sometimes merged into Petromyzontidae, leaving Petromyzontiformes monotypic.

Synonyms

(order): Petromyzoniformes

Hypernyms

(order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Cyclostomata - class

Hyponyms

(order): Geotriidae, Mordaciidae, Petromyzontidae (families)

References

Petromyzontiformes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Petromyzontiformes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Petromyzontiformes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Petromyzontiformes at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Petromyzontiformes at Encyclopedia of Life
Petromyzontiformes at National Center for Biotechnology Information
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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