Oligochaeta

Translingual

Etymology

From New Latin oligo- (“few”), from Ancient Greek ὀλίγος (olígos, “few”) + New Latin chaeta (“hair, bristle”), from Ancient Greek χαίτη (khaítē, “hair”).

Proper noun

Oligochaeta

1. A taxonomic subclass within the class Clitellata – the earthworms.
2. (Oligochaeta f) A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae.

Hypernyms

• (subclass): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Spiralia - superphylum; Annelida - phylum; Clitellata - class
• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids II – clades; Asterales – order; Asteraceae – family; Carduoideae - subfamily; Cardueae - tribe; Centaureinae - subtribe

Hyponyms

• (subclass): Haplotaxida, Lumbriculida, Moniligastrida - orders
• (genus): Oligochaeta divaricata - type species; Oligochaeta minima, Oligochaeta ramosa, Oligochaeta tomentosa - species - other species

References

worms

• Oligochaeta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Oligochaeta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Oligochaeta 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

plants

• Oligochaeta (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Oligochaeta (plant) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Centaureinae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Oligochaeta at The Plant List