Ostracoda

See also: ostracoda

Translingual

Euphilomedes climax (subclass Myodocopa

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὀστρακώδης (ostrakṓdēs, “covered with shell”), from ὄστρακον (óstrakon, “shell”).

Proper noun

Ostracoda

1. A taxonomic class within the subphylum Crustacea – ostracods.

Hypernyms

• (class): Animalia - kingdom; Eumetazoa - subkingdom; Bilateria, Nephrozoa, Protostomia, Ecdysozoa - clades; Arthropoda - phylum; Crustacea - subphylum

Hyponyms

• (class): Myodocopa, Podocopa (subclasses)

References

• Ostracoda on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ostracoda on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Ostracoda on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Ostracoda at 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. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248