Translingual

Proper noun

Myxosporea

1. A taxonomic class within the phylum Cnidaria – microscopic parasites that require both annelid worms and fish as hosts over their life cycle.

Hypernyms

• (class): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Cnidaria - phylum; Myxozoa - subphylum

Hypernyms

• (class): Bivalvulida, Multivalulida - orders

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