Nematoda

Translingual

Alternative forms

• Neimatoda

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νῆμα (nêma, “thread”) + -oda, irregular form of -oidea.

Proper noun

Nematoda

1. A taxonomic phylum within the superphylum Protostomia – the roundworms.

Hypernyms

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

Hyponyms

• (phylum): Chromadorea (= Adenophorea), Dorylaimea, Enoplea - classes

References

• Nematoda on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Nematoda on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Nematoda on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Nematoda at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Nematoda at Animal Diversity Web
• Nematoda at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Nematoda at World Register of Marine Species
• Nematoda at the Tree of Life Web Project
• 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