Scyphidium
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek σκύφος (skúphos, “cup”) + -idium.
Proper noun
Scyphidium n
- A genus of ciliate infusorians.
- A taxonomic genus within the family Rossellidae – certain glass sponges.
Hypernyms
- (genus in Rosellidae): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Porifera – phylum; Hexactinellida - class; Hexasterophora - subclass; Lyssacinosida - order; Rossellidae - family; Rossellinae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus in Rosellidae): Scyphidium septentrionale - type species
References
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “Scyphidium”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
- Rossellidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Rossellinae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Scyphidium at World Register of Marine Species