Articulata

See also: articulata

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin articulāta (“articulated, jointed”).

Proper noun

Articulata

1. A taxonomic subclass within the class Crinoidea – the surviving crinoids, including feather stars and sea lilies.
2. A taxonomic suborder within the order Cyclostomatida – certain Bryozoa.
3. (dated) A taxonomic division within the subphylum Brachiopoda – all groups with articulating hinges, approximately the same as the phylum Rhynchonelliformea.
4. (dated) One of four groups into which Cuvier proposed dividing the animal kingdom
   1. (sensu strictu) A group containing Annelida, Pentastomida, Tardigrada, Onychophora, Arthropoda
   2. (sensu latu) The sensu strictu group plus Mollusca, Sipuncula, Chaetognatha, Pogonophora.

Hyponyms

• (surviving crinoids): Bourgueticrinida, Comatulida - orders
• (order of Cyclostomatida): Crisiidae, Crisuliporidae - families
• (Rhynchonelliformea): Paleotremata, Orthida, Terebratulida, Pentamerida, Rhynconellida, Strophomenida, Spiriferida - orders

References

• Articulata on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Articulata on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Articulata on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• “Articulata”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• Articulata at the Tree of Life Web Project