Selachimorpha
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
Ancient Greek σέλαχος (sélakhos, “cartilaginous fish, sharks and rays”) + -morpha
Proper noun edit
Selachimorpha
- A taxonomic superorder within the subclass Elasmobranchii – the sharks.
Hypernyms edit
- (superorder): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Chondrichthyes - class; Elasmobranchii - subclass
Hyponyms edit
- (superorder): Hexanchiformes, Squaliformes, Pristiophoriformes, Squatiniformes, Heterodontiformes, Orectolobiformes, Carcharhiniformes, Lamniformes - orders
References edit
- Selachimorpha on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Selachimorpha on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Selachimorpha on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons