Protostomia
Translingual
Oncomeris flavicornis (phylum Arthropoda)
Etymology
from Ancient Greek πρωτο- (prōto-, “first”) + στόμα (stóma, “mouth”) + -ia, referring to a theory about the order of embryonic development.
Proper noun
Protostomia
- Certain bilateral animals, generally with three germ cells and common features of embryonic development.
- A taxonomic superphylum within the subkingdom Eumetazoa.
- A taxonomic infrakingdom within the subkingdom Bilateria.[1]
Hyponyms
- (superphylum): Acanthocephala, Annelida, Arthropoda, Brachiopoda, Bryozoa, Chaetognatha, Cycliophora, Echiura, Entoprocta, Gastrotricha, Gnathostomulida, Kinorhyncha, Loricifera, Micrognathozoa, Mollusca, Myzostomida, Nematoda, Nematomorpha, Nemertea, Onychophora, Phoronida, Platyhelminthes, Priapulida, Rotifera, Sipuncula, Tardigrada (phyla)
- (infrakingdom): Ecdysozoa, Spiralia - superphyla[1]
Coordinate terms
- (infrakingdom): Deuterostomia[1]
References
- Protostomia at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- 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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