Cephalopoda

Translingual

Sepioteuthis sepioidea, the Caribbean reef squid, is a member of the class Cephalopoda.

Etymology

cephalo- +‎ -poda, from Ancient Greek κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”) + πούς (poús, “foot”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛfələpəʊdə/, /ˈkɛfələpəʊdə/

Proper noun

Cephalopoda

1. A taxonomic class within the phylum Mollusca – cephalopods.

Hypernyms

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

Hyponyms

• (class): Coleoidea, Nautiloidea - extant superfamilies; †Ammonoidea - extinct superfamily

Coordinate terms

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

References

• Cephalopoda on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cephalopoda on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Cephalopoda on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Cephalopoda at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Cephalopoda at Encyclopedia of Life
• Cephalopoda at World Register of Marine Species
• Cephalopoda 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