Deuterostomia
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Translingual
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Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Deuterostomia
- The Chordata and certain other animals that share certain features of embryonic development:
- A taxonomic infrakingdom within the subkingdom Bilateria.[1]
- A taxonomic superphylum within the subkingdom Eumetazoa.
Hypernyms
[edit]Hyponyms
[edit]- (infrakingdom and superphylum): Chordata (including the vertebrates), Echinodermata (starfish, etc), Hemichordata (acorn worms), Xenoturbellida (primitive marine worms) (phyla)[1]
Coordinate terms
[edit]- (infra kingdom and superphylum): Protostomia[1]
References
[edit]Deuterostomia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Deuterostomia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Deuterostomia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Deuterostomia at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Deuterostomia at the Tree of Life Web Project