Acanthuriformes
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
Proper noun edit
Acanthuriformes
- A taxonomic order within the class Teleostei – surgeonfishes, ponyfishes.
Usage notes edit
- This circumscription, narrow relative to that of Acanthuroidei, is required to make Acanthuriformes monophyletic.
Synonyms edit
- (order): Acanthuroidei - suborder
Hypernyms edit
- (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Actinopterygii – superclass; Teleostei – class
Hyponyms edit
- (order): Acanthuridae (surgeonfish etc.), Luvaridae (louvar), Zanclidae (Moorish idol) - families
References edit
Acanthuroidei on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Acanthuroidei on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Acanthuroidei on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Acanthuroidei at World Register of Marine Species
- Acanthuroidei at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Acanthuriformes at Encyclopedia of Life
- Acanthuriformes 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: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248