Maxillopoda
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Translingual[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Neuter plural of New Latin maxillopodus, from Latin maxilla (“jaw”) + Ancient Greek πούς (poús, “foot”) + Ancient Greek -ος (-os, adjectival suffix).
Proper noun[edit]
Maxillopoda
- A taxonomic class within the subphylum Crustacea – a polyphyletic collection of barnacles, copepods, and other crustaceans.
Hypernyms[edit]
- (class): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Crustacea - subphylum
Hyponyms[edit]
- (class): Branchiura, Copepoda, Mystacocarida, Pentastomida, Tantulocarida, Thecostraca - subclasses
References[edit]
Maxillopoda on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Maxillopoda on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Maxillopoda on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Maxillopoda 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: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248
