Echiura

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἔχις (ékhis, “viper”) + οὐρά (ourá, “tail”).

Proper noun

Echiura

1. A taxonomic subclass within the class Polychaeta – the spoon worms.

Hypernyms

• (subclass): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Spiralia - superphylum; Annelida - phylum; Polychaeta - class

Hyponyms

• (subclass): Echiuroinea, Heteromyota, Xenopneusta - orders

References

• Echiura on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Echiura on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Echiura 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