Echinodermata

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐχῖνος (ekhînos, “hedgehog, sea urchin”) + δέρμα (dérma, “skin”).

Proper noun

Echinodermata

1. A taxonomic phylum within the infrakingdom Deuterostomia – the echinoderms: various sea creatures.

Hypernyms

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

Hyponyms

• (phylum): Asterozoa, Crinozoa, Echinozoa - subphyla
  • Asteroidea, Ophiuroidea - classes in Asterozoa; Crinoidea - class in Crinozoa; Echinoidea, Holothuroidea - classes in Echinozoa

OR

• Eleutherozoa, Pelmatozoa - subphyla; †Homalozoa - extinct subphylum
  • Asteroidea, Crinoidea, Echinoidea, Holothuroidea, Ophiuroidea - classes

References

• Echinodermata on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Echinodermata on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Echinodermata on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Echinodermata at World Register of Marine Species
• Echinodermata at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Echinodermata at Encyclopedia of Life
• Echinodermata 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. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521