Petromyzontiformes

Translingual

Lampetra planeri

Etymology

Petromyzon +‎ -iformes

Proper noun

Petromyzontiformes

1. A taxonomic order within the class Petromyzontida – lampreys.

Usage notes

The families Geotriidae and Mordaciidae are sometimes merged into Petromyzontidae, leaving Petromyzontiformes monotypic.

Synonyms

• (order): Petromyzoniformes

Hypernyms

• (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Cyclostomata - class

Hyponyms

• (order): Geotriidae, Mordaciidae, Petromyzontidae (families)

References

• Petromyzontiformes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Petromyzontiformes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Petromyzontiformes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Petromyzontiformes at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Petromyzontiformes 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. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248