Chelicerata
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek χηλή (khēlḗ, “jawbone”) + κέρας (kéras, “horn”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Chelicerata
- A taxonomic subphylum within the phylum Arthropoda – arachnids, horseshoe crabs, and sea spiders.
Hypernyms edit
- (subphylum): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum
Hyponyms edit
- (subphylum): Arachnida, Merostomata, Pycnogonida - classes
References edit
- Chelicerata on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Chelicerata on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Chelicerata 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: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248