Diaptomus
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
New Latin, probably from Ancient Greek διάπτωμα (diáptōma, “stumble, slip; error; failure”) + -us (taxonomic suffix).
Proper noun edit
Diaptomus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Diaptomidae – widely distributed freshwater copepods including some which serve as intermediate hosts for the fish tapeworm of humans.
Hypernyms edit
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Crustacea - subphylum; Multicrustacea - superclass; Hexanauplia - class ; Copepoda - subclass; Neocopepoda - infraclass; Gymnoplea - superorder; Calanoida - order ; Diaptomidae - family
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Diaptomus rostripes - species
