Caminus

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Caminus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Geodiidae – certain sponges.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Porifera – phylum; Demospongiae – class; Heteroscleromorpha – subclass; Tetractinellida – order; Astrophorina – suborder; Geodiidae – family; Erylinae – subfamily

• (genus): Caminus vulcani – type species

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• Caminus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Caminus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Caminus at the Catalogue of Life 
• Caminus at iNaturalist
• Caminus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Caminus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Caminus at World Register of Marine Species
• Caminus available from http://www.irmng.org at VLIZ.03 Rees, T. (compiler) (2017). The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Borrowed from Latin camīnus, ultimately from Ancient Greek κάμῑνος (kámīnos), or from the Latinized form of Cantonese 嘉明 (gaa¹ ming⁴, “Gaming”).

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkæmɪnəs/

Caminus

1. A male given name from Latin, Greek, or Cantonese.