Orthonectida
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek ὀρθός (orthós, “straight”) + νηκτός (nēktós, “swimming”) or νήκτης (nḗktēs, “swimmer”) + -ida.
Proper noun edit
Orthonectida
- A taxonomic phylum within the infrakingdom Protostomia – poorly known parasites of marine invertebrates that are among the simplest of multi-cellular organisms.
Hypernyms edit
- (phylum): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom
Hyponyms edit
- (phylum): Plasmodigenea - sole order; Pelmatosphaeridae, Rhopaluridae - families
References edit
Orthonectida on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Orthonectida on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Orthonectida on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Orthonectida at the Tree of Life Web Project
- 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
