Orthonectida

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὀρθός (orthós, “straight”) + νηκτός (nēktós, “swimming”) or νήκτης (nḗktēs, “swimmer”) + -ida.

Proper noun

Orthonectida

1. A taxonomic phylum within the infrakingdom Protostomia – poorly known parasites of marine invertebrates that are among the simplest of multi-cellular organisms.

Hypernyms

• (phylum): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom

Hyponyms

• (phylum): Plasmodigenea - sole order; Pelmatosphaeridae, Rhopaluridae - families

References

• 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