Urochordata
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Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, Ancient Greek οὐρά (ourá, “tail”) + Latin chorda (“cord”) + -ata
Proper noun
Urochordata
- A taxonomic subphylum within the phylum Chordata – tunicates or sea squirts.
Synonyms
- (subphylum): Tunicata
Hypernyms
- (subphylum): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum
Hyponyms
- (subphylum): Appendicularia, Ascidiacea, Thaliacea - classes per Ruggiero et al.
- Ascidiacea, Larvacea (= Appendicularia), Sorberacea, Thaliacea - classes
References
Urochordata on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Urochordata on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Urochordata on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Urochordata at the Tree of Life Web Project
- Urochordata at World Register of Marine Species
- 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
