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Acoela
Acoela
Translingual
Proper noun
Acoela
- marine flatworms that lack a digestive tract and coelomic cavity
- A taxonomic order within the class Turbellaria.
- A taxonomic class within the phylum Xenacoelomorpha.
Hypernyms
- (order): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Xenacoelomorpha - phylum; Acoelomorpha - subphylum; Turbellaria - class
- (class): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Xenacoelomorpha - phylum; Acoelomorpha - subphylum
Hyponyms
- (order and class): Actinoposthiidae, Anaperidae, Antigonariidae, Antroposthiidae, Childiidae, Convolutidae, Dakuidae, Diopisthoporidae, Hallangiidae, Haploposthiidae, Hofsteniidae, Isodiametridae, Mecynostomidae, Nadinidae, Otocelididae, Paratomellidae, Polycanthiidae, Proporidae, Sagittiferidae, Solenofilomorphidae, Taurididae - families
References
- 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