Chaetognatha

Translingual

Sagitta spp., from a genus in Chaetognatha

Etymology

Ancient Greek χαίτη (khaítē, “flowing hair”) + γνάθος (gnáthos, “jaw”)

Proper noun

Chaetognatha

1. A taxonomic phylum within the superphylum Protostomia – the arrow worms or chaetognaths.

Hypernyms

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

Hyponyms

• (phylum): Archisagittoidea (in some classifications), Sagittoidea - classes
  • Aphragmophora, Phragmophora – extant orders
  • †Ankalodous, †Capinatator, †Eognathacantha, †Protoconodonta?, †Protosagitta – extinct orders

Related terms

• chaetognathous

References

• Chaetognatha on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Chaetognatha on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Chaetognatha on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Chaetognatha 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