Cephalopoda
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Sepioteuthis sepioidea, the Caribbean reef squid, is a member of the class Cephalopoda.
Translingual
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Etymology
From cephalo- + -poda, from Ancient Greek κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”) + πούς (poús, “foot”).
Pronunciation
- English: (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɛfələpəʊdə/, /ˈkɛfələpəʊdə/
Proper noun
Cephalopoda
- 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 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
