Urochordata

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin, Ancient Greek οὐρά (ourá, “tail”) + Latin chorda (“cord”) +‎ -ata

Proper noun

Urochordata

A taxonomic subphylum within the phylum Chordata – tunicates or sea squirts.

Synonyms

(subphylum): Tunicata

Hypernyms

(subphylum): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum

Hyponyms

(subphylum): Appendicularia, Ascidiacea, Thaliacea - classes per Ruggiero et al.
Ascidiacea, Larvacea (= Appendicularia), Sorberacea, Thaliacea - classes

References

Urochordata on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Urochordata on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Urochordata on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Urochordata at the Tree of Life Web Project
Urochordata at World Register of Marine Species
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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