Entoprocta

Translingual

Etymology

From ento- + Ancient Greek πρωκτός (prōktós, “anus”).

Proper noun

Entoprocta

A taxonomic phylum within the kingdom Animalia – many small sessile aquatic animals having a crown of tentacles surrounding a mouth and anus.

Hypernyms

(phylum): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Spiralia - superphylum

Hyponyms

(phylum): Coloniales, Solitaria - orders

Coordinate terms

(phylum): Ectoprocta

References

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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