Protostomia

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Translingual

Oncomeris flavicornis (phylum Arthropoda)

Etymology

from Ancient Greek πρωτο- (prōto-, “first”) + στόμα (stóma, “mouth”) +‎ -ia, referring to a theory about the order of embryonic development.

Proper noun

Protostomia

  1. Certain bilateral animals, generally with three germ cells and common features of embryonic development.
    1. A taxonomic superphylum within the subkingdom Eumetazoa.
    2. A taxonomic infrakingdom within the subkingdom Bilateria.

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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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