Hexapoda
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
From hexa- + -poda, New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἕξ (héx, “six”) and πούς (poús, “foot”).
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Proper noun edit
Hexapoda
- A taxonomic subphylum within the phylum Arthropoda – all insects, springtails, and coneheads.[1]
Hypernyms edit
- (subphylum): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum[1]
Hyponyms edit
- (subphylum): Collembola, Diplura, Insecta, Protura - classes[1]
Coordinate terms edit
- (subphylum): Chelicerata, Crustacea, Myriapoda[1]
References edit
- Hexapoda on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Hexapoda on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Hexapoda on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 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