Coleoidea
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek κολεός (koleós, “sheath”) and + -oidea.
Proper noun edit
Coleoidea
- A taxonomic subclass within the class Cephalopoda – a grouping of cephalopods consisting primarily of soft-bodied creatures such as octopuses, cuttlefishes and squids.
Hypernyms edit
- (subclass): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum; Cephalopoda - class
Hyponyms edit
- (subclass): †Belemnoidea, Neocoleoidea - cohorts
- Decabrachia, Octopodiformes - superorders
References edit
- Coleoidea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Coleoidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Coleoidea 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: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248