Coleoidea
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κολεός (koleós, “sheath”) and + -oidea.
Proper noun
Coleoidea
- A taxonomic subclass within the class Cephalopoda – a grouping of cephalopods consisting primarily of soft-bodied creatures such as octopuses, cuttlefishes and squids.
Hypernyms
- (subclass): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Spiralia - superphylum; Mollusca - phylum; Cephalopoda - class
Hyponyms
- (subclass): †Belemnoidea, Neocoleoidea - cohorts
- Decapodiformes, Octopodiformes - superorder
References
- Coleoidea at the Tree of Life Web Project
- 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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