Orectolobiformes
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Translingual
Etymology
Proper noun
Orectolobiformes
- A taxonomic order within the superorder Selachimorpha – carpet sharks.
Hypernyms
- (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Chondrichthyes – class; Elasmobranchii - subclass; Selachimorpha - superorder
Hyponyms
- (order): Brachaeluridae (blind sharks), Ginglymostomatidae (nurse sharks), Hemiscylliidae (bamboo sharks, some carpet sharks, and epaulette sharks), Orectolobidae (wobbegong sharks), Parascylliidae (collared carpet sharks), Rhincodontidae (whale sharks), Stegostomatidae (zebra sharks) - families (English vernacular names)
References
carpet shark on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Orectolobiformes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Orectolobiformes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - 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
