Spiralia
See also: spiralia
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
Nominative neuter plural of Latin spīralis (“spiralling”)
Proper noun edit
Spiralia
- A taxonomic superphylum within the infrakingdom Protostomia – morphologically diverse organisms, many undergoing spiral cleavage in their embryonic development.
Synonyms edit
- (superphylum): Lophotrochozoa
Hypernyms edit
- (superphylum): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom
Hyponyms edit
- (superphylum): Acanthocephala (thorny-headed worms), Annelida (ringed worms), Brachiopoda, Bryozoa (moss animals), Cycliophora, Entoprocta, Gastrotricha (hairybacks), Gnathostomulida (jaw worms), Micrognathozoa, Mollusca (molluscs), Nemertea (ribbon worms), Phoronida (horseshoe worms), Platyhelminthes (flatworms), Rotifera (wheel animals), Sipuncula (peanut worms) - phyla
References edit
- Spiralia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Spiralia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Lophotrochozoa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- 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