Translingual

Proper noun

Urochordata

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

Hypernyms

• (phylum): 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

• 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