Spiralia

See also: spiralia

Translingual

Pentapora fascialis, one of the Spiralia

Etymology

Nominative neuter plural of Latin spīralis (“spiralling”)

Proper noun

Spiralia

A taxonomic superphylum within the infrakingdom Protostomia – morphologically diverse organisms, many undergoing spiral cleavage in their embryonic development.

Synonyms

(superphylum): Lophotrochozoa

Hypernyms

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

Hyponyms

(superphylum): Acanthocephala (thorny-headed worms), Annelida (ringed worms), Brachiopoda, Bryozoa (moss animals), Cycliophora, Entoprocta, Gastrotricha (hairybacks), Gnathostomulida (jaw worms), Micrognathozoa, Mollusca (molluscs), Nemertea (ribbon worms), Phoronida (horseshoe worms), Platyhelminthes (flatworms), Rotifera (wheel animals), Sipuncula (peanut worms) - phyla

References

Spiralia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Spiralia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Lophotrochozoa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Lophotrochozoa at the Tree of Life Web Project
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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