Entoprocta

Translingual

Etymology

From ento- + Ancient Greek πρωκτός (prōktós, “anus”).

Proper noun

Entoprocta

1. A taxonomic phylum within the kingdom Animalia – many small sessile aquatic animals having a crown of tentacles surrounding a mouth and anus.

Synonyms

• Kamptozoa

Hypernyms

• (phylum): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Spiralia - superphylum

Hyponyms

• (phylum): Barentsiidae, Pedicellinidae, Loxokalypodidae, Loxosomatidae - families

Coordinate terms

• (phylum): Ectoprocta

References

• Entoprocta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Entoprocta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Entoprocta 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