Chondrichthyes

Translingual

Etymology

Ancient Greek χόνδρος (khóndros, “grain, corn, cartilage”) + ἰχθύς (ikhthús, “fish”)

Proper noun

Chondrichthyes

A taxonomic superclass within the subphylum Vertebrata – the cartilaginous fishes.

Hypernyms

(superclass): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum

Hyponyms

(superclass): Elasmobranchii (rays and sharks), Holocephali (chimaeras etc.)

References

Chondrichthyes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Chondrichthyes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Chondrichthyes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Chondrichthyes at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Chondrichthyes at AnimalBase
Chondrichthyes 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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