Pentastomida
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Translingual[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Pentastoma + -ida, from neuter plural of New Latin pentastomus, from Ancient Greek πεντάστομος (pentástomos, “with five mouths”), from πέντε (pénte, “five”) + στόμα (stóma, “mouth”) + -ος (-os, adjectival suffix), in reference to the four hooks outside of the oral openings that make them appear to have five mouths.
Proper noun[edit]
Pentastomida
- A taxonomic subclass within the class Maxillopoda – the tongue worms.
Hypernyms[edit]
- (subclass): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Crustacea - subphylum; Maxillopoda - class
Hyponyms[edit]
- (subclass): Cephalobaenida, Porocephalida - orders
Coordinate terms[edit]
- (subclass): Branchiura, Copepoda, Mystacocarida, Tantulocarida, Thecostraca
References[edit]
- Pentastomida on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Pentastomida on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Pentastomida on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons