Orectolobiformes

Translingual

Etymology

Orectolobus +‎ -iformes

Proper noun

Orectolobiformes

A taxonomic order within the superorder Selachimorpha – carpet sharks.

Hypernyms

(order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Chondrichthyes - class; Elasmobranchii - subclass; Selachimorpha - superorder

Hyponyms

(order): Brachaeluridae (blind sharks), Ginglymostomatidae (nurse sharks), Hemiscylliidae (bamboo sharks, some carpet sharks, and epaulette sharks), Orectolobidae (wobbegong sharks), Parascylliidae (collared carpet sharks), Rhincodontidae (whale sharks), Stegostomatidae (zebra sharks) - families (English vernacular names)

References

carpet shark on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Orectolobiformes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Orectolobiformes 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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