Clypeasteroida

Translingual

Clypeaster reticulatus
upper side (left) and underside

Alternative forms

Clypeastroida

Etymology

Clypeaster +‎ -oida

Proper noun

Clypeasteroida

A taxonomic order within the class Echinoidea – the sand dollars.

Hypernyms

(order): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Deuterostomia - superphylum; Echinodermata - phylum; Eleutherozoa - subphylum; Cryptosyringida - superclass, Echinoidea - class, Euechinoidea - subclass

Hyponyms

(order): Clypeasterina, Laganina, Rotulina, Scutellina (suborders)
- Astriclypeidae, Clypeasteridae, Dendrasteridae, Echinarachniidae, Echinocyamidae, Fibulariidae, Laganidae, Mellitidae, Rotulidae, Scutellidae, Taiwanasteridae - families

References

Clypeasteroida on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Clypeasteroida on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Clypeasteroida on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
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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