Filarioidea
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Translingual
Etymology
From Filaria + -oidea (taxonomic suffix).
Proper noun
Filarioidea
- Nematodes that can cause filariasis:
- 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; Spiruromorpha - infraorder
Hyponyms
- (superfamily): Filariidae, Mesidionematidae, Onchocercidae, Setariidae - families
References
Filarioidea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Filarioidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies - Filarioidea 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
