Holostei

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Proper noun

Holostei

Bony fish with primitive characteristics; the bowfin and the gars
1. A taxonomic infraclass within the subclass Neopterygii.
2. A taxonomic class within the superclass Actinopterygii.^[1]

Usage notes

A paraphyletic group, likely to be reclassified.

Hypernyms

(infraclass): Vertebrata - subphylum, Gnathostomata - infraphylum, Osteichthyes - superclass, Actinopterygii - class, Neopterygii - subclass
(class): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Actinopterygii - superclass^[1]

Hyponyms

(infraclass): Amiiformes, Lepisosteiformes^[1]; †Macrosemiiformes, †Semionotiformes - orders

Coordinate terms

(class): Chondrostei, Cladistei (=Cladistia), Teleostei - classes in Actinopterygii^[1]

References

Holostei on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Holostei on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Holostei on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Holostei at World Register of Marine Species

1 2 3 4 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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