Spirulina
See also: spirulina
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
Spirula + -ina, after the spiral-shaped bacteria Arthrospira.
Proper noun edit
Spirulina
- (Spirulina f) A taxonomic genus within the family Pseudanabaenaceae – certain cyanobacteria.
- A taxonomic suborder within the order Spirulida – certain molluscs, with only Spirula spirula being extant.
Hypernyms edit
- (genus): Prokaryota - superkingdom; Bacteria - kingdom; Negibacteria - subkingdom; Cyanobacteria - phylum; Cyanophyceae - class; Oscillatoriales - order; Pseudanabaenaceae - family; Spirulinoideae - subfamily
- (suborder): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum; Cephalopoda - class; Coleoidea - subclass; Decabrachia - superorder; Spirulida - order
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Spirulina major - type species
- (suborder): Spirulidae - sole extant family; Spirula - sole extant genus; Spirula spirula - sole extant species
References edit
- genus of alga
Spirulina (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Spirulina (Turpin) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies (genus)
Spirulina (genus) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Spirulina at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Spirulina at AlgaeBase
- suborder of mollusc
- Spirulida on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Spirulina (Mollusca) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies (suborder)
- Category:Spirulida on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons