Tentaculata

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin tentaculum (“tentacle, feeler”) +‎ -ata

Proper noun

Tentaculata

A taxonomic class within the phylum Ctenophora – ctenophores having many tentacles.

Hypernyms

(class): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Ctenophora - phylum

Hyponyms

(class): Cyclocoela, Typhlocoela - subclasses
- Cambojiida, Cestida, Cryptolobiferida, Cydippida, Ganeshida, Lobata, Platyctenida, Thalassocalycida - orders

References

Tentaculata on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Tentaculata on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Tentaculata on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Tentaculata at Encyclopedia of Life
Tentaculata on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
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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