Orthonectida
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ὀρθός (orthós, “straight”) + νηκτός (nēktós, “swimming”) or νήκτης (nḗktēs, “swimmer”) + -ida.
Proper noun
Orthonectida
- A taxonomic phylum within the infrakingdom Protostomia – poorly known parasites of marine invertebrates that are among the simplest of multi-cellular organisms.
Hypernyms
- (phylum): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom
Hyponyms
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References
- Orthonectida on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Orthonectida on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Orthonectida 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