Deuterostomia

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Etymology

New Latin, from deutero- (“second”) + Ancient Greek στόμα (stóma, “mouth”) + -ia, referring to a theory about the order of embryonic development (compare Protostomia).

Proper noun

Deuterostomia

  1. Chordata and certain other animals that share certain features of embryonic development:
    1. A taxonomic infrakingdom within the subkingdom Bilateria.[1]
    2. A taxonomic superphylum within the subkingdom Eumetazoa.

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 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
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