Echinodermata
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Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἐχῖνος (ekhînos, “hedgehog, sea urchin”) + δέρμα (dérma, “skin”) + -ata (“having”).
Proper noun
Echinodermata
- A taxonomic phylum within the infrakingdom Deuterostomia – echinoderms: various sea creatures.
Hypernyms
- (phylum): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom
Hyponyms
- (phylum): Asterozoa, Crinozoa, Echinozoa - subphyla
- Asteroidea, Ophiuroidea - classes in Asterozoa; Crinoidea - class in Crinozoa; Echinoidea, Holothuroidea - classes in Echinozoa
- OR
- Eleutherozoa, Pelmatozoa - subphyla; †Homalozoa - extinct subphylum
- Asteroidea, Crinoidea, Echinoidea, Holothuroidea, Ophiuroidea - classes
References
Echinodermata on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Echinodermata on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Echinodermata on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Echinodermata at World Register of Marine Species
- Echinodermata at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Echinodermata 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
