Oxyuroidea
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Translingual
Etymology
From Oxyurus + -oidea (“-like, -oid”, taxonomic suffix).
Proper noun
Oxyuroidea
- Pinworms:
- A taxonomic superfamily within the order Spirurida.
- A taxonomic superfamily within the order Rhabditida.
Hypernyms
- (superfamily): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Nematoda – phylum; Chromadorea – class; Plectia - subclass; Rhabditica - superorder; Spirurida - order; Oxyuridomorpha - infraorder
- (superfamily): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Nematoda – phylum; Chromadorea – class; Plectia - subclass; Rhabditica - superorder; Rhabditida - order; Spirurina - suborder; Oxyuridomorpha - infraorder
Hyponyms
- (superfamily): Heteroxynematidae, Oxyuridae, Pharyngodonidae - families
References
Oxyuroidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies - Oxyuroidea 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
