Elasmobranchii

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἔλασμα (élasma, “metal plate”) + βράγχια (bránkhia, “gills”).

Proper noun

Elasmobranchii

  1. The sharks, rays and skates
    1. A taxonomic subclass within the class Chondrichthyes.
    2. A taxonomic class within the superclass Chondrichthyes.[1]

See also

References
  1. 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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