Maxillopoda
Translingual
Etymology
From Latin maxilla (“jaw-bone”) + Ancient Greek πούς (poús, “foot”).
Proper noun
Maxillopoda
- A taxonomic class within the subphylum Crustacea – a polyphyletic collection of barnacles, copepods, and other crustaceans.
Hypernyms
- (class): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Crustacea - subphylum
Hyponyms
- (class): Branchiura, Copepoda, Mystacocarida, Pentastomida, Tantulocarida, Thecostraca - subclasses
References
Maxillopoda on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Maxillopoda on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Maxillopoda 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