Octopodiformes

Etymology

From Latin octōpodis, genitive singular of octōpūs (from Ancient Greek ὀκτώπους (oktṓpous)) +‎ -iformes.

Like most taxonomic names above the rank of genus, this was formed by adding the appropriate ending for the rank to a stem derived by removing the ending from the genitive of the generic name treated as a Latin noun (Though, in this case, the generic name came directly from the Latin name for the animal, so it was already Latin).

Proper noun

Octopodiformes

A taxonomic superorder within the class Cephalopoda – vampire squid and octopods.

Synonyms

Octobrachia

Hypernyms

(superorder): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum; Cephalopoda – class; Coleoidea - subclass

Hyponyms

(superorder): Octopoda, Vampyromorphida - orders

References

Octopodiformes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Octopodiformes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Octopodiformes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Octopodiformes at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Octopodiformes at World Register of Marine Species
Octopodiformes at the Tree of Life Web Project
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