Anthozoa

Translingual

Sarcophyton trocheliophorum, a species of Anthozoa

Etymology

antho- (“flower”) +‎ -zoa (“animals”), second element based on Ancient Greek ζῷον (zôion).

Proper noun

Anthozoa

the corals, sea pens and sea anemones:
1. A taxonomic class within the phylum Cnidaria.
2. A taxonomic subphylum within the phylum Cnidaria.
3. A taxonomic class within the subphylum Anthozoa.

Hypernyms

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

Hyponyms

(class in Cnidaria): Alcyonaria, Octocorallia, Hexacorallia - subclasses
(subphylum): Anthozoa - class
(class in Anthozoa): Hexacorallia (Actiniaria, Antipatharia, Ceriantharia, Corallimorpharia, Scleractinia, Zoantharia - orders), Octocorallia (Alcyonacea, Helioporacea, Pennatulacea - orders) - subclasses

References

Anthozoa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anthozoa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Anthozoa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anthozoa at World Register of Marine Species
Anthozoa on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Anthozoa at the Tree of Life Web Project
Anthozoa at Encyclopedia of Life
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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