Dracunculoidea
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Translingual
Etymology
From Dracunculus + -oidea (“-like”, taxonomic suffix).
Proper noun
Dracunculoidea
- Certain chromadorean nematodes:
- A taxonomic superfamily within the order Spirurida.
- A taxonomic superfamily within the order Rhabditida.
Hypernyms
- (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
Hyponyms
- (superfamily): Anguillicolidae, Daniconematidae, Dracunculidae, Philometridae, Skrjabillanidae - families
References
Dracunculoidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies - Dracunculoidea 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
