Geotria
Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, from Ancient Greek. See γεωτραγία (geōtragía, “eating of earth-like substances”) Like other lampreys pouched lampreys carry stones to a nesting site.
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Proper noun
Geotria f
- Pouched lamprey or southern lamprey, of Australia.
Hypernyms
- (genus in Geotridae): Vertebrata – subphylum; Hyperoartia – clade; Cephalaspidomorphi – class; Petromyzontiformes – order; Goetridae – family
- (genus in Petromyzontidae): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Agnatha – infraphylum; Cephalaspidomorphi – class; Petromyzontiformes – order; Petromyzontidae – family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Geotria australis – sole extant species
References
- Geotria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Geotria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Geotria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Geotria at World Register of Marine Species
- Geotria at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Geotria at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Geotria at Paleobiology Database