Pentastomida

== Translingual == === Etymology === From Pentastoma +‎ -ida, from neuter plural of New Latin pentastomus, from Ancient Greek πεντάστομος (pentástomos, “with five mouths”), from πέντε (pénte, “five”) +‎ στόμα (stóma, “mouth”) +‎ -ος (-os, adjectival suffix), in reference to the four hooks outside of the oral openings that make them appear to have five mouths. === Proper noun === Pentastomida tongue worms A taxonomic subclass within the class Maxillopoda. A taxonomic subclass within the class Ichthyostaca. ==== Hypernyms ==== (subclass in Macillopoda): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Crustacea – subphylum; Maxillopoda – class (subclass in Ichthyostraca): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Oligostraca – superclass; Ichthyostraca – class ==== Hyponyms ==== (subclass in Ichthyostraca): Cephalobaenida, Porocephalida, Raillietiellida, Reighardiida – orders ==== Coordinate terms ==== (subclass in Macillopoda): Branchiura, Copepoda, Mystacocarida, Tantulocarida, Thecostraca === References === Pentastomida on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Pentastomida on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Pentastomida on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons