Oxyuridae
Translingual
Etymology
From Oxyurus + -idae (taxonomic suffix).
Proper noun
Oxyuridae
- Pinworms, nematode worms that have a distinct posterior enlargement of the pharynx and no preanal suckers in the male and that are chiefly parasites of the vertebrate intestinal tract
Hypernyms
- (family in Spirurida): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Nematoda – phylum; Chromadorea – class; Plectia – subclass; Rhabditica – superorder; Spirurida – order; Oxyuridomorpha - infraorder; Oxyuroidea - superfamily
- (family in Rhabditida): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Nematoda – phylum; Chromadorea – class; Plectia – subclass; Rhabditica – superorder; Rhabditida – order; Spirurina - suborder; Oxyuridomorpha - infraorder; Oxyuroidea - superfamily
Hyponyms
- (family): Enterobius, Helminthoxys, Lemuricola, Macropoxyuris, Oxyuris, Passalurus, Pongobius, Protozoophaga, Rauschtineria, Skrjabinema, Syphabulea, Syphacia, Syphatineria, Tachygonetria, Trypanoxyuris, Wellcomia - genera
References
- Oxyuridae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Oxyuridae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Oxyuridae at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- 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