Clitellata

Translingual

Etymology

From New Latin clitellum + -ata.

Proper noun

Clitellata

1. A taxonomic class within the phylum Annelida – leeches, earthworms and related animals.

Hypernyms

• (class): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Annelida – phylum

Hyponyms

• (class): Hirudinea (leeches), Oligochaeta (earthworms) - subclasses; Branchiobdellida - order not assigned to subclass
  • Acanthobdellida, Arhynchobdellida, Rhynchobdellida - orders in Hirudinea; Enchytraeida, Haplotaxida, Lumbriculida, Tubificida, Moniligastrida, Opistophora - orders in Oligochaeta

References

• Clitellata on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Clitellata on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Clitellata on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Clitellata at the Tree of Life Web Project
• 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