Onychophora

Translingual

Euperipatoides kanangrensis

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὀνυχοφόρος (onukhophóros, “having claws”).

Proper noun

Onychophora

A taxonomic phylum within the superphylum Protostomia – the velvet worms.

Hypernyms

(phylum): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom

Hyponyms

(phylum): Udeonychophora - sole class; Euonychophora - sole order

References

Onychophora on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Onychophora on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Onychophora 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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