Acrothoracica

Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Acrothoracica

1. Barnacles, marine animals that burrow into coral or the shells of other animals.
   1. A taxonomic superorder within the infraclass Cirripedia.

Hypernyms

• (superorder): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Crustacea - subphylum; Maxillopoda - class; Thecostraca - subclass; Cirripedia - infraclass

Hyponyms

• (superorder): Cryptophialida, Lithoglyptida - orders

See also

• Apygophora
• Pygophora
• Ascothoracica

References

• Acrothoracica on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Acrothoracica on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Acrothoracica 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