Calcarea

See also: calcarea and calcárea

Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Calcarea

1. A taxonomic class within the phylum Porifera – the calcareous sponges.

   Synonym: Calcispongiae (archaic)

Hypernyms

• (class): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Porifera - phylum

Hyponyms

• (class): Calcinea, Calcaronea - subclass

References

• Calcarea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Calcarea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Calcarea 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