Clypeasteroida

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word Clypeasteroida. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word Clypeasteroida, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say Clypeasteroida in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word Clypeasteroida you have here. The definition of the word Clypeasteroida will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofClypeasteroida, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Translingual

Clypeaster reticulatus
upper side (left) and underside

Alternative forms

Clypeastroida

Etymology

Clypeaster +‎ -oida

Proper noun

Clypeasteroida

A taxonomic order within the class Echinoidea – sand dollars.

Hypernyms

(order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Deuterostomia – superphylum; Echinodermata – phylum; Echinozoa - subphylum; Echinoidea - class; Euechinoidea - subclass; Irregularia - infraclass^[1]

Hyponyms

(order): Clypeasterina, Laganina, Rotulina, Scutellina (suborders)
- Astriclypeidae, Clypeasteridae, Dendrasteridae, Echinarachniidae, Echinocyamidae, Fibulariidae, Laganidae, Mellitidae, Rotulidae, Scutellidae, Taiwanasteridae - families

Coordinate terms

(order in Irregularia): Cassiduloida, Echinolampadoida, Holasteroida, Spatangoida - orders^[1]

References

Clypeasteroida on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Clypeasteroida on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Clypeasteroida on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 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

Wikious

Boobota

Sagapedia