Acipenseriformes

Translingual

Etymology

Acipenser +‎ -iformes

Proper noun

Acipenseriformes

A taxonomic order within the subclass Chondrostei – the sturgeons and paddlefishes.

Hypernyms

(order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Osteichthyes - superclass; Actinopterygii - class; Chondrostei - subclass

Hyponyms

(order): Acipenseridae, †Chondrosteidae (extinct), †Errolichthyidae (extinct), Polyodontidae - families

References

Acipenseriformes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Acipenseriformes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Acipenseriformes 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. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248

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