Coleoidea

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κολεός (koleós, “sheath”) and +‎ -oidea.

Proper noun

Coleoidea

1. A taxonomic subclass within the class Cephalopoda – a grouping of cephalopods consisting primarily of soft-bodied creatures such as octopuses, cuttlefishes and squids.

Hypernyms

• (subclass): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum; Cephalopoda - class

Hyponyms

• (subclass): †Belemnoidea, Neocoleoidea - cohorts
  • Decapodiformes, Octopodiformes - superorders

References

• Coleoidea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Coleoidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Coleoidea 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