Gnathostomata
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek γνάθος (gnáthos, “jaw”) + στόμα (stóma, “mouth”) + Latin -ata, neutral plural of suffix -atus, equivalent to -ate.
Proper noun
Gnathostomata
- A taxonomic infraphylum within the subphylum Vertebrata – those vertebrates that have jaws.[1]
- A taxonomic superorder within the subclass Euechinoidea – some sea urchins, including the sand dollars.
Hypernyms
- (infraphylum): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; (Eumetazoa - subkingdom;) Bilateria - subkingdom; (Nephrozoa - clade) Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum (≈ Chordata Craniata - clade); Vertebrata - subphylum[1]
Hyponyms
- (infraphylum): Actinopterygii, Sarcopterygii, Tetrapoda - superclasses[1]
- (superorder): Clypeasteroida, Holectypoida - orders
References
- (infraphylum):
- (superorder):
- 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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