Chaetognatha

Translingual

Sagitta spp., from a genus in Chaetognatha

Etymology

Ancient Greek χαίτη (khaítē, “flowing hair”) + γνάθος (gnáthos, “jaw”)

Proper noun

Chaetognatha

A taxonomic phylum within the superphylum Protostomia – the arrow worms or chaetognaths.

Hypernyms

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

Hyponyms

(phylum): Archisagittoidea (in some classifications), Sagittoidea - classes

Related terms

chaetognathous

References

Chaetognatha on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Chaetognatha on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Chaetognatha 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. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521

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