Ostraciidae

Translingual

Ostracion cubicus, typical of Ostraciidae

Etymology

Ostracion +‎ -idae

Proper noun

Ostraciidae

1. A taxonomic family within the order Tetraodontiformes – boxfishes, cofferfishes, cowfishes, trunkfishes, and turretfishes.

Hypernyms

• (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Actinopterygii – superclass; Teleostei – class; Acanthopterygii - superorder; Tetraodontiformes - order

Hyponyms

• (family): Ostracion (boxfishes) – type genus; Acanthostracion (cowfishes), Lactophrys (trunkfishes), Lactoria (cowfishes), Paracanthostracion, Rhinesomus (trunkfishes), Tetrosomus (turretfishes and a boxfish) - genera

References

• Ostraciidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ostraciidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Ostraciidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Ostraciidae at World Register of Marine Species
• Ostraciidae at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Ostraciidae at the Tree of Life Web Project
• Ostraciidae at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Ostraciidae at Paleobiology Database