Protostomia

Translingual

Oncomeris flavicornis (phylum Arthropoda)

Etymology

from Ancient Greek πρωτο- (prōto-, “first”) + στόμα (stóma, “mouth”) +‎ -ia, referring to a theory about the order of embryonic development.

Proper noun

Protostomia

1. Certain bilateral animals, generally with three germ cells and common features of embryonic development.
   1. A taxonomic superphylum within the subkingdom Eumetazoa.
   2. A taxonomic infrakingdom within the subkingdom Bilateria.

Hypernyms

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

Hyponyms

• (superphylum): Acanthocephala, Annelida, Arthropoda, Brachiopoda, Bryozoa, Chaetognatha, Cycliophora, Echiura, Entoprocta, Gastrotricha, Gnathostomulida, Kinorhyncha, Loricifera, Micrognathozoa, Mollusca, Myzostomida, Nematoda, Nematomorpha, Nemertea, Onychophora, Phoronida, Platyhelminthes, Priapulida, Rotifera, Sipuncula, Tardigrada (phyla)
• (infrakingdom): Ecdysozoa, Spiralia - superphyla

Coordinate terms

• (infrakingdom): Deuterostomia

References

• Protostome on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Protostomia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Protostomia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Protostomia at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Protostomia at the Tree of Life Web Project