Spiralia
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See also: spiralia
Translingual[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Nominative neuter plural of Latin spīralis (“spiralling”)
Proper noun[edit]
Spiralia
- A taxonomic superphylum within the infrakingdom Protostomia – morphologically diverse organisms, many undergoing spiral cleavage in their embryonic development.
Synonyms[edit]
- (superphylum): Lophotrochozoa
Hypernyms[edit]
- (superphylum): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom
Hyponyms[edit]
- (superphylum): Acanthocephala (thorny-headed worms), Annelida (ringed worms), Brachiopoda, Bryozoa (moss animals), Cycliophora, Entoprocta, Gastrotricha (hairybacks), Gnathostomulida (jaw worms), Micrognathozoa, Mollusca (molluscs), Nemertea (ribbon worms), Phoronida (horseshoe worms), Platyhelminthes (flatworms), Rotifera (wheel animals), Sipuncula (peanut worms) - phyla
References[edit]
Spiralia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Spiralia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Lophotrochozoa 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. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248
