Translingual

Proper noun

Chelicerata

1. A taxonomic subphylum within the phylum Arthropoda – the arachnids, horseshoe crabs, and sea spiders.

Hypernyms

• (subphylum): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum

Hyponyms

• (subphylum): Arachnida, Merostomata, Pycnogonida - classes

References

• 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. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521