Rhizocephala
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Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ῥίζα (rhíza, “root”) + κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”).
Proper noun
Rhizocephala
- A taxonomic superorder within the class Maxillopoda – very many parasitic barnacles.
Hypernyms
- (superorder): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Crustacea - subphylum; Maxillopoda - class; Thecostraca - subclass; Cirripedia - infraclass
Hyponyms
- (superorder): Akentrogonida, Kentrogonida - orders
References
Rhizocephala on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Rhizocephala on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Rhizocephala 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
