Cephaloptera
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
Ancient Greek [Term?] (“head”) + [Term?] (“wings”)
Proper noun edit
Cephaloptera f
Usage notes edit
- Assigned to various families including Cephalopteridae, Mobulidae, and Myliobatidae.
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Cephaloptera edentula, Cephaloptera eregoodootenkee (now Mobula eregoodootenkee), Cephaloptera giorna (now Mobula mobular), Cephaloptera japanica (now Mobula japanica), Cephaloptera kuhlii (now Mobula kuhlii), Cephaloptera massenoidea (now Mobula hypostoma), Cephaloptera olfersii (now Mobula hypostoma), Cephaloptera rochebrunei, Mobula rochebrunei, Cephaloptera stelligera (now Mobula birostris), Cephaloptera tarapacana (now Mobula tarapacana), Cephaloptera tatraniana (now Mobula mobular), Cephaloptera vulgaris - species
References edit
- “Cephaloptera”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- Cephaloptera at Index to Organism Names
- Mobula on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Mobula on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Mobula on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons