Actinopterygii

TranslingualEdit

EtymologyEdit

New Latin, actino- (“having rays”) + Ancient Greek πτέρυξ (ptérux, “wing, fins”).

Proper nounEdit

Actinopterygii

The ray-finned fishes
1. A taxonomic class within the superclass Osteichthyes.
2. A taxonomic superclass within the infraphylum Gnathostomata.^[1]

SynonymsEdit

finfish, finned fish, ray-finned fish

HypernymsEdit

(class): Animalia - kingdom; Eumetazoa - subkingdom; Bilateria, Nephrozoa - clades; Deuterostomia - superphylum; Chordata - phylum; Chordata Craniata - clade; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Osteichthyes - superclass
(superclass): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum^[1]

HyponymsEdit

(class): Neopterygii, Chondrostei - subclasses
(superclass): Chondrostei, Cladistei (= Cladistia), Holostei, Teleostei - classes^[1]

Coordinate termsEdit

(superclass): Chondrichthyes, Sarcopterygii, Tetrapoda - superclasses^[1]

ReferencesEdit

Actinopterygii on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Actinopterygii on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Actinopterygii on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Actinopterygii at the Tree of Life Web Project

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 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. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521

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