Protostomia
Translingual
Etymology
from proto- (“first”) + Ancient Greek στόμα (stóma, “mouth”) + -ia, referring to a theory about the order of embryonic development.
Proper noun
Protostomia
- Certain bilateral animals, generally with three germ cells and common features of embryonic development.
- A taxonomic superphylum within the subkingdom Eumetazoa.
- A taxonomic infrakingdom within the subkingdom Bilateria.[1]
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
- (superphylum): Acanthocephala, Annelida, Arthropoda, Brachiopoda, Bryozoa, Chaetognatha, Cycliophora, Echiura, Entoprocta, Gastrotricha, Gnathostomulida, Kinorhyncha, Loricifera, Micrognathozoa, Mollusca, Nematoda, Nematomorpha, Nemertea, Onychophora, Phoronida, Platyhelminthes, Priapulida, Rotifera, Sipuncula, Tardigrada (phyla)
- (infrakingdom): Ecdysozoa, Spiralia – superphyla[1]
Coordinate terms
- (infrakingdom): Deuterostomia[1]
References
- Protostome on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Protostomia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Protostomia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Protostomia at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Protostomia at the Tree of Life Web Project