Maxillopoda

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin maxilla (“jaw-bone”) + Ancient Greek πούς (poús, “foot”).

Proper noun

Maxillopoda

A taxonomic class within the subphylum Crustacea – a polyphyletic collection of barnacles, copepods, and other crustaceans.

Hypernyms

(class): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Crustacea - subphylum

Hyponyms

(class): Branchiura, Copepoda, Mystacocarida, Pentastomida, Tantulocarida, Thecostraca - subclasses

References

Maxillopoda on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Maxillopoda on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Maxillopoda 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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