Chondrostei
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek χόνδρος (khóndros, “cartilage”) + ὀστέον (ostéon, “bone”).
Proper noun
Chondrostei
- A taxonomic subclass within the class Actinopteri – sturgeons and related fish including bichirs.
Hypernyms
- (subclass): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Actinopterygii – superclassl Actinopteri – class
Hyponyms
- (class): Acipenseriformes – sole extant order; see Chondrostei on WikipediaWikipedia for the many extinct orders.
References
- Chondrostei on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Chondrostei on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Chondrostei on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Chondrostei 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