Orthonectida

== Translingual == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ὀρθός (orthós, “straight”) + νηκτός (nēktós, “swimming”) or νήκτης (nḗktēs, “swimmer”) + -ida. === Proper noun === Orthonectida A taxonomic phylum within the infrakingdom Protostomia – poorly known parasites of marine invertebrates that are among the simplest of multi-cellular organisms. ==== Hypernyms ==== (phylum): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom ==== Hyponyms ==== (phylum): Plasmodigenea - sole order; Pelmatosphaeridae, Rhopaluridae - families === References === Orthonectida on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Orthonectida on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Orthonectida on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Orthonectida 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