Filarioidea

Translingual

Etymology

From Filaria +‎ -oidea (taxonomic suffix).

Proper noun

Filarioidea

1. Nematodes that can cause filariasis:
   1. A taxonomic superfamily within the order Spirurida.
   2. A taxonomic superfamily within the order Rhabditida.

Hypernyms

• (superfamily in Spirurida): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Nematoda - phylum; Chromadorea - class; Plectia - subclass; Rhabditica - superorder; Spirurida - order
• (superfamily in Rhabditida): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Nematoda - phylum; Chromadorea - class; Plectia - subclass; Rhabditica - superorder; Rhabditida - order; Spirurina - suborder; Spiruromorpha - infraorder

Hyponyms

• (superfamily): Filariidae, Mesidionematidae, Onchocercidae, Setariidae - families

References

• Filarioidea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Filarioidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Filarioidea at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• 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