Maxillopoda

Translingual

Etymology

Neuter plural of New Latin maxillopodus, from Latin maxilla (“jaw”) +‎ Ancient Greek πούς (poús, “foot”) +‎ Ancient Greek -ος (-os, adjectival suffix).

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
Category:Maxillopoda on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Maxillopoda 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. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248

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