Gnathostomata

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Translingual

Chimaera monstrosa (Vertebrata)
Clypeaster reticulatus (Euechinoidea)
upper side (left) and underside

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γνάθος (gnáthos, “jaw”) + στόμα (stóma, “mouth”) + Latin -ata, neutral plural of suffix -atus, equivalent to -ate.

Proper noun

Gnathostomata

  1. A taxonomic infraphylum within the subphylum Vertebrata – those vertebrates that have jaws.
  2. A taxonomic superorder within the class Echinoidea – some sea urchins, including the sand dollars.

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 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: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248
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