Asterozoa
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr, “star”) + ζῷον (zôion, “animal”).
Proper noun
Asterozoa
- The starfish etc.
- A taxonomic superclass within the subphylum Eleutherozoa.
- A taxonomic subphylum within the phylum Echinodermata.[1]
Hypernyms
- (subphylum): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Deuterostomia - superphylum; Echinodermata - phylum[1]
Hyponyms
- (subphylum): Asteroidea, Ophiuroidea - extant classes; †Auluroidea, †Eopentaroida, †Somasteroidea, †Stenuroidea - extinct classes; †Phragmactinidae - extinct family[1]
References
- Asterozoa at the Tree of Life Web Project
- Asterozoa at Fossilworks
- 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. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521
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