Polyplacophora

Translingual

Polyplacophora sp.

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek poly- +‎ Ancient Greek πλάξ (pláx, “tablet, plate”) +‎ -phora (“bearing, bearer”).

Proper noun

Polyplacophora

1. A taxonomic class within the phylum Mollusca – chitons or sea cradles.

Synonyms

• (class): Amphineura

Hypernyms

• (class): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum

Hyponyms

• (class): Chitonida, Lepidopleurina - orders

Coordinate terms

• (class in Mollusca): Bivalvia, Caudofoveata, Cephalopoda, Gastropoda, Monoplacophora, Scaphopoda, Solenogastres - classes

References

• Polyplacophora on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Polyplacophora on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Polyplacophora on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Polyplacophora 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