Filarioidea
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Translingual[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Filaria + -oidea (taxonomic suffix).
Proper noun[edit]
Filarioidea
- Nematodes that can cause filariasis:
- A taxonomic superfamily within the order Spirurida.
- A taxonomic superfamily within the order Rhabditida.
Hypernyms[edit]
- (superfamily in Spirurida): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Nematoda - phylum; Chromadorea - class; Plectia - subclass; Rhabditica - superorder; Spirurida - order
- (superfamily in Rhabditida): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Nematoda - phylum; Chromadorea - class; Plectia - subclass; Rhabditica - superorder; Rhabditida - order; Spirurina - suborder; Spiruromorpha - infraorder
Hyponyms[edit]
- (superfamily): Filariidae, Mesidionematidae, Onchocercidae, Setariidae - families
References[edit]
Filarioidea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Filarioidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies - Filarioidea at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- 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
