Coleoidea

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κολεός (koleós, “sheath”) and +‎ -oidea.

Proper noun

Coleoidea

A taxonomic subclass within the class Cephalopoda – a grouping of cephalopods consisting primarily of soft-bodied creatures such as octopuses, cuttlefishes and squids.

Hypernyms

(subclass): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum; Cephalopoda - class

Hyponyms

(subclass): †Belemnoidea, Neocoleoidea - cohorts
- Decabrachia, Octopodiformes - superorders

References

Coleoidea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Coleoidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Coleoidea 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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