Acipenseriformes

Translingual

Etymology

Acipenser +‎ -iformes

Proper noun

Acipenseriformes

1. A taxonomic order within the subclass Chondrostei – sturgeons and paddlefishes.

Hypernyms

• (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Osteichthyes - superclass; Actinopterygii - class; Chondrostei - subclass

Hyponyms

• (order): Acipenseridae (sturgeons), †Chondrosteidae (extinct), †Errolichthyidae (extinct), Polyodontidae (paddlefish) - families

References

• Acipenseriformes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Acipenseriformes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Acipenseriformes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• 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