Sorubim

Derived from a Brazilian local name, sorubí.

A taxonomic genus within the family Pimelodidae – long-whiskered catfish native to tropical South America.


Pennisetum

A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – the fountaingrasses, native to tropical and warm temperate environs worldwide, that may be treated as members of genus Cenchrum.

for species see Pennisetum at The Plant List


Daucus

From Latin daucum, from Ancient Greek δαῦκος (daûkos), δαῦκον (daûkon, “carrot”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Apiaceae – the carrot and close relatives.

for other species see Daucus at The Plant List


Bordetella

Named after Belgian immunologist and microbiologist Jules Bordet (1870–1961) + -ella (taxonomic suffix).

named-after

Bacteria that cause diseases of the respiratory tract characterized by coughing, such as kennel cough and whooping cough:

A taxonomic genus within the family Burkholderiaceae.

A taxonomic genus within the family Alcaligenaceae.


Staphylinidae

A taxonomic family within the order Coleoptera – rove beetles.

Coprophilus

(family): Aleocharinae, Apateticinae, Dasycerinae, Empelinae, Euaesthetinae, Glypholomatinae, Habrocerinae, Leptotyphlinae, Megalopsidiinae, Micropeplinae, Microsilphinae, Neophoninae, Olisthaerinae, Omaliinae, Osoriinae, Oxyporinae, Oxytelinae, Paederinae, Phloeocharinae, Piestinae, Proteininae, Protopselaphinae, Pselaphinae, Pseudopsinae, Scaphidiinae, Scydmaeninae, Solieriinae, Staphylininae, Steninae, Tachyporinae, Trigonurinae, Trichophyinae, †Protactinae - subfamilies


Taxus baccata

A taxonomic species within the family Taxaceae – English yew, a coniferous tree, with dark-green flat needle-like leaves and seeds bearing red arils, native to western, central and southern Europe, northwest Africa, northern Iran and southwest Asia.


Origanum majorana

A taxonomic species within the family Lamiaceae – sweet marjoram.


Tragelaphus scriptus

A taxonomic species within the family Bovidae – the bushbuck.


Apieae

A taxonomic tribe within the family Apiaceae.


Oryzoideae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Poaceae.

Chikusichloa

(subfamily): Ehrharteae, Oryzeae, Phyllorachideae, Streptogyneae - tribes


Oryzias

New Latin, from Latin oryza (“rice”) + -ias

A taxonomic genus within the family Adrianichthyidae – the ricefishes, small fish found in rice paddies.

for other species see link to Fishbase below


Xenotarsosaurus

From Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos, “strange”) + ταρσός (tarsós, “tarsus”) + -saurus.

A taxonomic genus within the family Abelisauridae – a theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Argentina.


Lutra

A taxonomic genus within the family Mustelidae – Old World river otters.


Hymenaea courbaril

A taxonomic species within the family Fabaceae – jatoba, Brazilian cherry.


Prodoxidae

A taxonomic family within the order Lepidoptera – yucca moths.

Prodoxus

(family): Lamproniinae, Prodoxinae - subfamilies


Corydalinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Corydalidae – the dobsonflies.


Pinus subg. Strobus

A taxonomic subgenus within the family Pinaceae – the white pines.


Aleocharinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Staphylinidae – one of the largest subfamilies of rove beetles.


Centrarchiformes

A taxonomic order within the class Teleostei.

(sensu lato) sunfishes and pygmy sunfishes, sea chubs, grunters, temperate perches, hawkfishes and close relatives

(sensu stricto) sunfishes and pygmy sunfishes


Cynodontia

A taxonomic clade within the order Theropsida – including mammals and close extinct relatives.

†Tritheledontidae

per Cynodontia at the Tree of Life Web Project


Holophasmatodea

A taxonomic clade within the clade Eukinolabia – stick insects, including Phasmida and close extinct relatives, that have abdominal sternum 1 united with metathoracic furcasternite.


Atherinomorpha

A taxonomic clade within the clade Actinopteri.


Cardamine pratensis

A taxonomic species within the family Brassicaceae – cuckooflower or lady's smock.


Homo troglodytes

New Latin, from Latin homo (“human, human being”) + troglodytes (“cave-dweller”). The original name was coined by Linnaeus in 1758, and was revived as a reassignment of Pan troglodytes into the genus Homo based on the idea that chimpanzees share essentially human qualities.

Das ist ja ein Affe, der Homo Troglodytes Linnaei; ich gebe sogleich sechs Taler für ihn, wenn Sie mir ihn ablaffen, und balge ihn aus für mein Kabinett.

1827, Wilhelm Hauff, Märchen-Almanach. Novellen: Othello, Die Sängerin. Die letzten Ritter von Marienburg:

Homo troglodytes was reputed to live in forests, to be nocturnal, and to communicate only in hisses

1995, Karen L Anderson, Sociology : a Critical Introduction (in English), Nelson Canada, →ISBN:

(obsolete) A species of supposed troglodytic men, now thought to be legendary, sometimes identified with the orangutan.

2013, Jim E Murphy, Confessions of a ChimpManZee, Portraits of Earth Press

There were now three known species of humans on the planet: Homo sapiens, Homo troglodytes, and Homo paniscus.

Their scheme mirrors that of Diamond, who proposed that, as a third chimpanzee, Homo sapiens is congeneric with Homo troglodytes and Homo paniscus.

2014, Russell H. Tuttle, Apes and Human Evolution (in English), Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 27:

Pan troglodytes
Pan troglodytes#Translingual

(neologism) An alternative name for Pan troglodytes (chimpanzee).


Cractidae

(rare) Synonym of Cracticidae; superseded by family Artamidae.


Pimpinella anisum

A taxonomic species within the family Apiaceae – anise.


Prunus ilicifolia

A taxonomic species within the family Rosaceae – hollyleaf cherry.


Verbena officinalis

A taxonomic species within the family Verbenaceae – common vervain or common verbena.


Prunus spinulosa

A taxonomic species within the family Rosaceae – a tree native to east Asia.


Homo cepranensis

Homo (“man”) + cepranensis, formed in New Latin from Ceprano + -ēnsis.

A taxonomic species within the family Hominidae – extinct species of human.


Homo antecessor

Homo (“man”) + Latin antecessor (“predecessor, one who goes before”).

der

A taxonomic species within the family Hominidae – extinct species of human, likely descended from Homo erectus.


Homo rhodesiensis

†Homo rhodesiensis (canonical masculine)

Homo (“man”) + New Latin rhodesiensis, formed from Rhodesia + -ēnsis.


Alcelaphinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Bovidae – wildebeest, hartebeest, bonteboks and similar cattle.


Connochaetes

From Ancient Greek κόννος (kónnos, “beard”) + χαίτη (khaítē, “mane”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Bovidae – wildebeests.


Homo gautengensis

†Homo gautengensis (canonical masculine)

Homo (“man”) + gautengensis, formed from Gauteng + -ēnsis.


Morella

A taxonomic genus within the family Myricaceae.

for other species see Morella at The Plant List

A taxonomic genus within the family Olpidiaceae – certain fungi.


Dactylon officinale

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Dactylon officinale.

Cynodon dactylon
Cynodon dactylon#Translingual

synonym of Cynodon dactylon (Bermuda grass)


Dactilon officinale

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Dactilon officinale.

Dactylon officinale
Dactylon officinale#Translingual

Obsolete spelling of Dactylon officinale.


Junin mammarenavirus

Argentinian mammarenavirus
Wikispecies:Argentinian mammarenavirus

Argentine hemorrhagic fever
Argentine hemorrhagic fever

(archaic) A taxonomic species within the family Arenaviridae – synonym of Argentinian mammarenavirus, the virus that causes Argentine hemorrhagic fever.


Junin arenavirus

Junin mammarenavirus
Junin mammarenavirus#Translingual


Dengue virus

A taxonomic species within the family Flaviviridae – the cause of dengue fever.


Chikungunya virus

From Makonde chikungunya (“that which bends up”), from kungunyala (“to dry up or become contorted”).

A taxonomic species within the family Togaviridae – a mosquito-borne human pathogen.

Zika virus

virus species causing coinfections with chikunguya


Hevea

New Latin, from Quechua hyeve (“rubber tree”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Euphorbiaceae – including the most economically important rubber tree.


Schistocerca

→ English: schistocerca

New Latin, from Ancient Greek κέρκα (kérka, “a long-legged bird”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Acrididae – bird grasshoppers.

for more species see Schistocerca on Wikispecies..


Myzus

Perhaps from Ancient Greek μυζάω (muzáō, “to suck”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Aphididae – certain aphids.

and subspecies see Myzus at the Catalogue of Life


Crassostrea

From Latin crassus (“thick”) + ostrea (“oyster”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Ostreidae – most of the oyster species used as human food.

For species see Crassostrea on Wikipedia..


Lutra lutra

A taxonomic species within the family Mustelidae – European otter.


Geum urbanum

A taxonomic species within the family Rosaceae – herb bennet or wood avens.


Herpestes ichneumon

A taxonomic species within the family Herpestidae – Egyptian mongoose.


Citrullus lanatus

A taxonomic species within the family Cucurbitaceae – wild melon, from which watermelon has been derived.


Panpulmonata

A taxonomic clade within the class Gastropoda – a group of snails intended to be monophyletic, including the consituents of Pulmonata, thought to be paraphyletic.


Palindroma

A taxonomic genus within the family Zodariidae – a genus of African spiders.


Sesia

A taxonomic genus within the family Sesiidae – certain moths.


Acanthaster

From Ancient Greek ἄκανθα (ákantha, “thorn”) + ἀστήρ (astḗr, “starfish”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Acanthasteridae – certain starfish, called crown-of-thorns starfish.

Acanthaster ellisi

now considered a subspecies of A. planci


Penelopinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Cracidae – the guans, of northern South America, southern Central America and the adjacent Caribbean.


Gelidium

A taxonomic genus within the family Gelidiaceae – certain species of thalloid red algae, many used to make agar.

for other species see Gelidium on Wikipedia..


Anolis

New Latin, from French anolis, from an undetermined native Caribbean language anoalli, anoli

A taxonomic genus within the family Iguanidae – lizards, sometimes called American chameleons, similar to iguanas.


Cornus sanguinea

A taxonomic species within the family Cornaceae – common dogwood, native to most of Europe and to western Asia, widely planted as an ornamental.


Thymus serpyllum

A taxonomic species within the family Lamiaceae – wild thyme, native to most of Europe and to parts of north Africa.


Genista tinctoria

A taxonomic species within the family Fabaceae – dyer's greenweed.

For subspecies see Genista+tinctoria at The Plant List


Alcantara

Synonym of Heterocoma (“flowering plant genus”)


Euglena

A taxonomic genus within the family Euglenaceae – protists that are among the first single-cell organisms seen under a microscope.

for other species see Euglena on Wikimedia Commons..


Gammaridea

Gammarus (no longer a member of the suborder) + -idea

suffix

A taxonomic suborder within the order Amphipoda – gammarideans; many amphipods, formerly almost all of them.

for families see Gammaridea at World Register of Marine Species

Senticaudata

suborder in Amphipoda that contains genera formerly included in Gammaridea.


Leucanthemum vulgare

A taxonomic species within the family Asteraceae – an oxeye daisy.


Taraxacum campylodes

A taxonomic species within the family Asteraceae.

Taraxacum officinale
Taraxacum officinale#Translingual

common dandelion
common dandelion#English

Synonym of Taraxacum officinale (common dandelion)

Synonym of Taraxacum lapponicum (syn. Taraxacum croceum)


Peronospora

A taxonomic genus within the family Peronosporaceae – certain water moulds that are plant pathogens.


Areolatae

New Latin, from Latin areola (“a small garden bed”) + -ata (“-ed (Etymology 3)”)

A taxonomic infraorder within the order Phasmida.


Actinopteri

(See Actinopterygii, which has the same etymology.)

A taxonomic clade within the superclass Actinopterygii.


Menispermaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Ranunculales – moonseeds.


Hibiscus cannabinus

A taxonomic species within the family Malvaceae – the source of kenaf fiber.


Physalis peruviana

A taxonomic species within the family Solanaceae – Cape gooseberry, native to Ecuador, Peru, and Colombia.


Nereocystis luetkeana

From Ancient Greek Νηρηΐς (Nērēḯs, “sea-nymph”) + κύστις (kústis, “bladder”).

der

A taxonomic species within the family Laminariaceae – kelp of the northeast Pacific coast.


Mertensia virginica

A taxonomic species within the family Boraginaceae – Virginia bluebells.


Nephrops norvegicus

A taxonomic species within the family Nephropidae – the Norway lobster, the most important commercial crustacean in Europe, found in the European northern Atlantic and parts of the Mediterranean.


Daphne mezereum

(botany) A taxonomic species within the family Thymelaeaceae – mezereum, mezereon, February daphne, spurge-laurel, or spurge olive, of Europe and western Asia.


Dipterocarpus

A taxonomic genus within the family Dipterocarpaceae – important timber trees of southeast Asia, also of medicinal interest.


Ichneumonidae

A taxonomic family within the order Hymenoptera – ichneumon wasps.

Anomalon

(family): Acaenitinae, Adelognathinae, Agriotypinae, Anomaloninae, Ateleutinae, Banchinae, Brachycyrtinae, Campopleginae, Claseinae, Collyriinae, Cremastinae, Cryptinae, Ctenopelmatinae, Cylloceriinae, Diacritinae, Diplazontinae, Eucerotinae, Hybrizontinae, Ichneumoninae, Labeninae, Labenopimplinae, Lycorininae, Mesochorinae, Metopiinae, Microleptinae, Neorhacodinae, Nesomesochorinae, Ophioninae, Orthocentrinae, Orthopelmatinae, Oxytorinae, Pedunculinae, Phygadeuontinae, Pimplinae, Poemeniinae, Rhyssinae, Sisyrostolinae, Stilbopinae, Tatogastrinae, Tersilochinae, Tryphoninae, Xoridinae, Labenopimplinae

For the numerous tribes and other genera see Ichneumonidae


Chara

A taxonomic genus within the family Characeae – the stoneworts and related green algae.

For species see Chara at World Register of Marine Species


Heterodontosaurus

From Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros, “different”) + ὀδούς (odoús, “tooth”) + -saurus, in reference to it having three different kinds of teeth, which is unusual among dinosaurs.

A taxonomic genus within the family Heterodontosauridae – dinosaurs of the Early Jurassic period.


Riparia riparia

A taxonomic species within the family Hirundinidae – sand martin or bank swallow.

For subspecies see Riparia riparia at Avibase


Spartium junceum

A taxonomic species within the family Fabaceae – Spanish broom, sole accepted species of its genus.


Carduelis cannabina

Linaria cannabina
Linaria cannabina#Translingual


Banisteriopsis caapi

A taxonomic species within the family Malpighiaceae – ayahuasca, a giant vine native to South America, noted for its psychotropic properties.


Hevea brasiliensis

A taxonomic species within the family Euphorbiaceae – the Para rubber tree.


Sarcoptes scabiei

A taxonomic species within the family Sarcoptidae – itch mites, that are parasites of many mammals including humans, causing scabies.


Homarus

A taxonomic genus within the family Nephropidae – the true lobsters.


Vallisneria

Named after Antonio Vallisneri, Italian naturalist.

A taxonomic genus within the family Hydrocharitaceae – freshwater eelgrasses, widespread in tropical environments, especially in the Old World.

for other accepted species see Vallisneria at The Plant List


Ceiba

A taxonomic genus within the family Malvaceae – large trees of the tropics.

Ceiba sect. Campylanthera

(genus): Ceiba pentandra (kapok tree) - type species; for other species see Ceiba on Wikimedia Commons..


Renilla

A taxonomic genus within the family Renillidae – sea pansies, native to continental shelves in the New World.


Renillidae

A taxonomic family within the order Pennatulacea – sea pansy.


Polyboea

From Ancient Greek Πολύβοια (Polúboia). Described by Tord Tamerlan Teodor Thorell in 1895.

A taxonomic genus within the family Pisauridae – nursery web spiders of South and Southeast Asia.


Mora excelsa

A taxonomic species within the family Fabaceae – tropical timber trees, native to the New World.


Trichogramma

From New Latin tricho- (“hair, hairy”) + Ancient Greek γράμμα (grámma).

A taxonomic genus within the family Trichogrammatidae – certain parasitoid wasps.


Pantodonta

From Ancient Greek παντ- (pant-, “all”) + ὀδών (odṓn, “tooth”).

A taxonomic suborder within the order Cimolesta – pantodonts.


Myagrum

A taxonomic genus within the family Brassicaceae – Myagrum perfoliatum (bird's eye cress, dog mustard, mite cress, mitre cress, muskweed).


Bartonella

Named after Peruvian microbiologist Alberto Barton (1870–1950) + -ella (taxonomic suffix).

named-after

A type of gram-negative bacteria, several of which opportunistically infect humans:

A taxonomic genus within the family Rhizobiaceae.

A taxonomic genus within the family Bartonellaceae.


Pneumocystis

desc

пневмоци́стис

→ Russian: пневмоци́стис (pnevmocístis)

New Latin, from Ancient Greek πνεύμων (pneúmōn, “the lungs”) + κύστις (kústis, “bladder, pouch”).

af

pneumocystis pneumonia
pneumocystis pneumonia

A taxonomic genus within the family Pneumocystidaceae – fungi first thought to be protozoa, including the agent of pneumocystis pneumonia in humans.


Cryptococcus

New Latin, from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós, “hidden, secret”) + κόκκος (kókkos, “grain, seed”).

Principally soil-dwelling yeast fungi, but certain species cause cryptococcosis or meningitis in mammals including humans:

A taxonomic genus within the family Tremellaceae.

A taxonomic genus within the family Cryptococcaceae.

A taxonomic genus within the family Eriococcidae – certain scale insects, soft scales, some of which are pests in agriculture.


Histoplasma

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἱστός (histós, “web from the loom; histo-”) + πλάσμα (plásma, “anything formed or molded”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Ajellomycetaceae – fungi found in certain bird and bat droppings including those responsible for histoplasmosis.


Botrytis

English: botrytis

Ancient Greek βότρυς (bótrus, “(bunch of) grapes”) + -itis (“disease”) (from New Latin -itis, from Ancient Greek -ῖτις (-îtis, “pertaining to”)).

der

A taxonomic genus within the family Sclerotiniaceae – grey molds that infect plants, of many commercially important kinds, including grapes.

for the numerous other species see Botrytis at MycoBank


Alternaria

A taxonomic genus within the family Pleosporaceae – plant pathogens that account for a substantial share of agricultural spoilage and that can cause asthma.

for other species see Alternaria at MycoBank


Calanus

Learned borrowing from Latin Calanus (“an Indian philosopher (gymnosophist) in the time of Alexander the Great, who, in old age, burned himself on a funeral pile”).

lbor

A taxonomic genus within the family Calanidae – marine copepods, less than 5mm in length.

for other species see Calanus at World Register of Marine Species


Tetraonidae

A taxonomic family within the order Galliformes – now usually treated as Tetraoninae in Phasianidae.


Bdeogale

A taxonomic genus within the family Herpestidae – certain African mongooses.


Chromobionta

A taxonomic infrakingdom within the kingdom Chromista – a proposed, now mostly disused, probably polyphyletic grouping of chromists.


Spermatophytina

From Ancient Greek σπέρμα (spérma, “sperm, seed”) + φυτον ("phuton", plant).

A taxonomic subphylum within the phylum Tracheophyta – seed plants.


Rhinoceros sumatranus

From Latin Rhinoceros + sumatranus (“Sumatran”).

The country of the Burmese, abounding in forests, affords extensive shelter to wild animals. The elephant and the rhinoceros—both the one-horned (R. indicus) and the two-horned (R. sumatranus)—are found in the deep forests of the country.

1876, "Burmah" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. IV, p. 552

Dicerorhinus sumatrensis
Dicerorhinus sumatrensis

(archaic) A taxonomic species within the family Rhinocerotidae – two-horned Sumatran rhinoceros, now known as Dicerorhinus sumatrensis.


Rhinoceros indicus

From Latin Rhinoceros + indicus (“Indian”), named by Georges Cuvier in 1817.

Rhinoceros unicornis
Rhinoceros unicornis

(archaic) A taxonomic species within the family Rhinocerotidae – one-horned Indian rhinoceros, now known as (Rhinoceros unicornis).


Ustilaginomycotina

A taxonomic subphylum within the phylum Basidiomycota.


Elusimicrobia

A taxonomic phylum within the subkingdom Negibacteria.

A taxonomic class within the phylum Elusimicrobia.


Cervus muntjac

First used by E.A.W. von Zimmerman in 1780.

The tiger and the leopard are numerous, as well as the wild hog, and several species of deer, such as the Indian roe, the axis, and the barking deer (Cervus muntjac).

Muntiacus muntjak
Muntiacus muntjak#Translingual

(archaic) A taxonomic species within the family Cervidae – Indian muntjac, synonym of Muntiacus muntjak.


Plotus

(archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Anhingidae – the snakebirds or darters, now known as Anhinga.


Plotus melanogaster

From Latin Plotus (“floater: a former name of the genus Anhinga”) + melanogaster (“black-bellied”).

Aquatic birds of various kinds are very numerous, such as geese, darters (Flotus melanogaster), scissor-bills (Rhyncops nigra), adjutants (Leptoptilos argala), pelicans, cormorants, cranes (Grus antigone, in Burmese gyoja), whimbrels, plovers, and ibises.

Anhinga melanogaster
Anhinga melanogaster

(archaic) A taxonomic species within the family Anhingidae – the Oriental darter, now known as Anhinga melanogaster.


Rhynchops nigra

From New Latin Rhynchops (“from the Greek ῥύγχος and ὤψ, meaning beak-face”) + nigra (“black”), named by Linnaeus.

der

(archaic) A taxonomic species within the family Rynchopidae – black skimmer, now known as Rynchops niger.

Aquatic birds of various kinds are very numerous, such as geese, darters (Flotus melanogaster), scissor-bills (Rhynchops nigra), adjutants (Leptoptilos argala), pelicans, cormorants, cranes (Grus antigone, in Burmese gyoja), whimbrels, plovers, and ibises.

(proscribed) sometimes mistakenly applied to the Indian skimmer, now known as Rhynchops albicollis.


Rhynchops

(proscribed) Alternative form of Rynchops.


Moschus

From Ancient Greek μόσχος (móskhos, “musk”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Moschidae – musk deers.


Phaethornithinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Trochilidae – hermit hummingbirds.


Magonia

A taxonomic genus within the family Sapindaceae – now Magonia pubescens is the sole resolved name accepted in Magonia, almost all other species having been transferred to genus Ruprechtia in family Polygonaceae.


Antinoana

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Polynoidae – certain scaled polychaete worms known as scale worms and included in genus Bylgides.


Cassine

A taxonomic genus within the family Celastraceae – certain trees and shrubs generally of tropical and subtropical distribution.

for the numerous accepted species see Cassine at The Plant List


Apusozoa

A taxonomic subphylum within the phylum Sulcozoa.


Cyanidiophytina

A taxonomic subphylum within the phylum Rhodophyta.


Entomophthoromycotina

A taxonomic subphylum within the phylum Zygomycota.


Intramacronucleata

A taxonomic subphylum within the phylum Ciliophora.


Leptoptilos argala

From Latin Leptoptilos, from Ancient Greek λεπτός (leptós, “thin, slender”) + πτῐ́λον (ptílon, “feather”), + argala, from Bengali হাড়গিলা (haṛgila), also transcribed hurghila.

Aquatic birds of various kinds are very numerous, such as geese, darters (Plotus melanogaster), scissor-bills (Rhynchops nigra), adjutants (Leptoptilos argala), pelicans, cormorants, cranes (Grus antigone, in Burmese gyoja), whimbrels, plovers, and ibises.

(archaic) A taxonomic species within the family Ciconiidae – the greater adjutant, now known as L. dubius.


Rhabditophora

A taxonomic subphylum within the phylum Platyhelminthes.

A taxonomic class within the phylum Platyhelminthes.


Methanobacteria

New Latin, neuter plural of Methanobacterium

A taxonomic class within the phylum Euryarchaeota.


Phyllopharyngea

A taxonomic class within the subphylum Intramacronucleata.


Leotiomycetes

A taxonomic class within the subphylum Pezizomycotina.


Fucophycidae

A taxonomic subclass within the class Phaeophyceae.


Pinidae

A taxonomic subclass within the class Pinopsida – conifers.


Vendobionta

A hypothesized kingdom of fossils of the Vendian or Ediacaran age.


Tracheobionta

A taxonomic subkingdom within the kingdom Plantae – tracheophytes.


Thallobionta

A taxonomic subkingdom within the kingdom Plantae – fungi, lichens, algae, bryophytes, bacteria, and slime molds.


Corona

A taxonomic genus within the family Orthalicidae – certain pulmonate land snails endemic to South America.

A taxonomic genus within the family Liliaceae – now included in Fritillaria.


Secoviridae

Se from Sequivirus + co from Comovirus + -viridae

A taxonomic family within the order Picornavirales – hosted by plants.

Riboviria

(family): Virus - kingdom; Group IV (+)ssRNA; Picornavirales - order - Baltimore virus classification

Black raspberry necrosis virus

Cheravirus, Sadwavirus, Sequivirus, Torradovirus, Waikavirus - unassigned genera


Comovirus

Co, from Cowpea, + mo, from mosaic, + -virus

A taxonomic genus within the family Secoviridae.


Discinaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Pezizales.


Glomeraceae

A taxonomic family within the order Glomerales – arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi that form a symbiotic relationship with plant roots.


Mniaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Bryales – certain of the mosses.


Trypanosomatidae

A taxonomic family within the order Trypanosomatida – parasites of insects that also have vertebrates as secondary hosts, some species causing sleeping sickness, Chagas disease and leishmaniasis in humans.


Astroviridae

A taxonomic family within the order Stellavirales – (+)ssRNA viruses that infect mammals and birds.

Avastrovirus 1

(family): Avastrovirus, Mamastrovirus - genera


Thylacomyidae

A taxonomic family within the order Peramelemorphia – bilbies and their extinct relatives.


Castoridae

A taxonomic family within the order Rodentia – the beavers and their extinct close relatives.

Castor

(family): Castorinae - sole extant subfamily; †Agnotocastorinae, †Palaeocastorinae, †Castoroidinae - extinct subfamilies


Mystacocarida

(archaic) A taxonomic subclass within the class Maxillopoda.

A taxonomic subclass within the superclass Oligostraca.


Tantulocarida

Very small crustaceans parasitic on other crustaceans

A taxonomic class within the phylum Arthropoda.


Nemaliophycidae

A taxonomic subclass within the class Florideophyceae – certain red algae.


Enoplea

Neuter plural of New Latin enopleus, from Enopla + Latin -eus (adjectival suffix).

A taxonomic class within the phylum Nematoda – enoplean worms.


Botrytis cinerea

A taxonomic species within the family Sclerotiniaceae – a fungi causing gray mold on many plants.


Cobitidae

A taxonomic family within the order Cypriniformes – true loaches.


Theriodontia

A taxonomic clade within the order Therapsida.


Pomacanthidae

A taxonomic family within the order Perciformes – marine angelfish of tropical reefs.


Cryptococcus neoformans

A taxonomic species within the family Tremellaceae – a fungus species that causes cryptococcosis, often fatal in humans.

Filobasidiella neoformans

(species causing cryptococcosis): Cryptococcus gattii


Gymnarchus niloticus

A taxonomic species within the family Gymnarchidae – aba, frankfish, freshwater rat-tail, or African knifefish, found in swamps, lakes and rivers in Africa.


Group

A formal category for assembling cultivars, individual plants or assemblages of plants on the basis of defined similarity.


Thermotogales

A taxonomic order within the class Thermotogae – only the family Thermotogaceae of thermophilic bacteria.


Thermotogaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Thermotogales – certain thermophilic bacteria.


Dinozoa

From dino- (“Dinoflagellata”) + Ancient Greek ζῷα (zôia, “animals”).

A taxonomic infraphylum within the subphylum Myzozoa.


Icerya

A taxonomic genus within the family Monophlebidae – certain scale insects.


Sterelmintha

(obsolete) Platyhelminthes; tapeworms and flukes and close relatives.


Aardonyx

From Afrikaans aarde (“earth”) and Ancient Greek ὄνυξ (ónux, “nail, claw”), in reference to the hematite encrusting the claws of its fossils.

A taxonomic genus within the clade Saurischia – a sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Early Jurassic of South Africa.


Dolomedes

A taxonomic genus within the family Pisauridae – fishing spiders.


Theatops posticus

A taxonomic species within the family Plutoniumidae.


Pseudococcidae

A taxonomic family within the order Hemiptera – mealybugs.


Gibbium

A taxonomic genus within the family Anobiidae – certain spider beetles.


Lecythis

A taxonomic genus within the family Lecythidaceae – certain woody plants, native to Central America and South America, some of which produce edible seeds.

for other species see Lecythis at The Plant List


Amaurobius

A taxonomic genus within the family Amaurobiidae – certain araneomorph spiders.


Acmaeodera

A taxonomic genus within the family Buprestidae – certain metallic wood-boring beetles.


Geophilomorpha

A taxonomic order within the class Chilopoda – the soil centipedes, with 27 pairs of legs.


Ocypus

A taxonomic genus within the family Staphylinidae – certain rove beetles.


Pisauridae

nursery web spiders
nursery web spider#English

A taxonomic family within the order Araneae – nursery web spiders.


Gryllotalpidae

A taxonomic family within the order Orthoptera – the mole crickets.


Scolopocryptopidae

A taxonomic family within the order Scolopendromorpha.


Geophilidae

A taxonomic family within the order Geophilomorpha – certain soil centipedes.

for other genera see Geophilidae at the Catalogue of Life


Arctogeophilus umbraticus

A taxonomic species within the family Geophilidae – eastern saw-toothed centipede.


Amaurobiidae

A taxonomic family within the order Araneae – three-clawed cribellate or ecribellate spiders found in most parts of the world.


Scolopocryptops sexspinosus

A taxonomic species within the family Scolopocryptopidae – a common centipede of the US.


Scolopendromorpha

A taxonomic order within the class Chilopoda – the bark centipedes.


Phyllophaga

Derived from phyllo- (“leaf”) + -phaga (“-eater”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Scarabaeidae – a group of scarab beetles, June bugs and May beetles.

(obsolete) A synonym of suborder Folivora, of sloths.


Utetheisa

A taxonomic genus within the family Erebidae – rattlebox moths.


Bombylius

A taxonomic genus within the family Bombyliidae – bee flies.


Folivora

A taxonomic suborder within the order Pilosa – sloths.


Bombyliidae

A taxonomic family within the order Diptera – bee flies.


Aedes albopictus

A taxonomic species within the family Culicidae – the Asian tiger mosquito, a daytime feeder that is a known, suspected, or potential carrier of Zika virus, Yellow fever virus, Dengue virus, Chikungunya virus, as well as several filarial nematodes that cause filiariasis.


Trombidium

A taxonomic genus within the family Trombidiidae – certain mites.


Oecobius

A taxonomic genus within the family Oecobiidae – wall spiders.


Trombidiidae

red velvet mites
red velvet mite#English

A taxonomic family within the order Trombidiformes – red velvet mites.


Drymaplaneta

A taxonomic genus within the family Blattidae – certain cockroaches.


Larinioides

A taxonomic genus within the family Araneidae – furrow spiders.


Cycadaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Cycadales – the cycads, tropical gymnosperms that have not changed greatly since the Jurassic, when they were a dominant plant.


Oecobiidae

A taxonomic family within the order Araneae – disc web spiders.


Mycoplasma mycoides

A taxonomic species within the family Mycoplasmataceae – that has a very small genome and is important to the Minimal Genome Project.


Antheraea

A taxonomic genus within the family Saturniidae – tussar moths.


Hepialidae

A taxonomic family within the order Lepidoptera – swift moths or ghost moths.


Nymphalis

New Latin, from Latin nympha (“a bride or mistress; nymphs, who inhabit the sea, rivers, fountains, woods, trees, and mountains”) + -alis

A taxonomic genus within the family Nymphalidae – tortoiseshells or anglewing butterflies.


Elaphe

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἐλαφῆ (elaphê, “deerskin”), related to ἔλαφος (élaphos, “deer”). A reference to Italian serpente cervone (literally “deer snake”), the vernacular name of the type species Elaphe quatuorlineata.
See also Elaphus.

A taxonomic genus within the family Colubridae – many rat snakes.


Acastidae

A taxonomic family within the order Phacopida – certain trilobites.


Rhene

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ῥήνη (Rhḗnē).

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A taxonomic genus within the family Salticidae – fifty-nine species of jumping spiders.


Guttiferae

New Latin, feminine plural of guttifer (“gum-bearing”), from Latin gutta (“drop”) + -fer (“bearing”)

Synonym of Clusiaceae A taxonomic family within the order Malpighiales – the mangosteen family: many trees, shrubs and vines some of which are commercially important for timber, resins etc.


Phyllium

New Latin, ultimately from Ancient Greek φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Phylliidae – certain leaf insects.

Phyllium siccifolium

(genus): Phyllium (Phyllium), Phyllium (Pulchriphyllium) - subgenera


Westringia

A taxonomic genus within the family Lamiaceae – certain Australian shrubs.


Perillus

A taxonomic genus within the family Pentatomidae – certain stink bugs.


Loganiaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Gentianales – certain tropical flowering plants.


Loureedia

After the musician Lou Reed + -ia, in reference to Reed's band (The Velvet Underground) and the genus comprising velvet spiders that dwell underground.

A taxonomic genus within the family Eresidae.


Wallago

A taxonomic genus within the family Siluridae.


Endoclita excrescens

A taxonomic species within the family Hepialidae – one of the swift moths or ghost moths, native to Japan and far eastern Russia, a pest of tobacco.


Mesembryanthemum crystallinum

A taxonomic species within the family Aizoaceae – the ice plant.


Linaria cannabina

A taxonomic species within the family Fringillidae – common linnet, of Europe, western Asia and north Africa.


Metanarthecium

A taxonomic genus within the family Nertheciaceae – Metanarthecium luteoviride, of east Asia.


Origanum vulgare

A taxonomic species within the family Lamiaceae – oregano.


Homarus gammarus

A taxonomic species within the family Nephropidae – European lobster.


Polycystinia

A taxonomic superclass within the subphylum Radiozoa.


Cracticinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Artamidae – Australian magpies, butcherbirds, shieldbills, and currawongs of Australasia.


Apicomonada

A taxonomic superclass within the subphylum Apicomplexa.


Perkinsozoa

(protozoology) A taxonomic superclass within the phylum Miozoa.


Menthinae

A taxonomic subtribe within the family Lamiaceae.


Portlandia

A taxonomic genus within the family Yoldiidae – certain bivalves.

A taxonomic genus within the family Rubiaceae – certain bell flowers.


Cracticus tibicen

A taxonomic species within the family Artamidae – the Australian magpie, now Gymnorhina tibicen.


Aedes polynesiensis

A taxonomic species within the family Culicidae – Polynesian tiger mosquito, of many Pacific Islands, vector of dengue and lymphatic filariasis, and a probable vector of Zika virus.


Gymnorhina tibicen

A taxonomic species within the family Artamidae – the Australian magpie.


Sambucus sieboldiana

A taxonomic species within the family Adoxaceae – the Japanese red elder or Japanese elderberry.


Citrullus colocynthis

A taxonomic species within the family Cucurbitaceae – the wild gourd or bitter apple.


Chloris chloris

A taxonomic species within the family Fringillidae – European greenfinch.


Styphnolobium japonicum

A taxonomic species within the family Fabaceae – Japanese pagoda tree or Chinese scholar tree, an ornamental and source of rutin.


Synanceia

From Ancient Greek συνάγκεια (sunánkeia, “meeting of the waters”).

der

A taxonomic genus within the family Synanceiidae – stonefishes, highly venomous dwellers in shallow Indo-Pacific waters.


Blephariceridae

A taxonomic family within the order Diptera – net-winged midges.


Elizabethkingia

A taxonomic genus within the family Flavobacteriaceae – certain common bacteria, some species of which are pathogens resistant to treatment.


Ureaplasma

A taxonomic genus within the family Mycoplasmataceae.

for other species see Ureaplasma at List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature


Hogna

A taxonomic genus within the family Lycosidae – certain wolf spiders.


Tessaratomidae

A taxonomic family within the order Hemiptera – certain true bugs.


Aedes (Aedes)

A taxonomic subgenus within the family Culicidae.


Aedes (Stegomyia)

Aedes (canonical masculine)
Stegomyia (alternative)


Aedes (Aedimorphus)

Aedes (canonical masculine)
Aedimorphus (alternative)


Aedes (Protomacleaya)

Aedes (canonical masculine)
Protomacleaya (alternative)

A taxonomic subgenus within the family Culicidae – now Ochlerotatus (Protomacleaya).

for other species see Aedes at Integrated Taxonomic Information System


Culicini

A taxonomic tribe within the family Culicidae – a disputed grouping of mosquito.

Lutzia

Lutzia (Metalutzia) - subgenera in Lutzia


Aedes (Ochlerotatus)

Aedes (canonical masculine)
Ochlerotatus (alternative)


Phlebovirus

A taxonomic genus within the family Phenuiviridae.


Erbovirus

A taxonomic genus within the family Picornaviridae – only Equine rhinitis B virus.

Riboviria

(genus): Virus - kingdom; Group IV (+)ssRNA; Picornavirales - order; Picornaviridae - family - Baltimore virus classification


Psorophora

A taxonomic genus within the family Culicidae – mosquitos sometimes called gallinippers.

Psorophora ciliata

(genus): Psorophora (Grabhamia), Psorophora (Janthinosoma), Psorophora (Psorophora) - subgenera


Mesocyclops longisetus

A taxonomic species within the family Cyclopidae – a copepod that is a predator of mosquitos.


Toxorhynchitini

A taxonomic tribe within the family Culicidae.


Culisetini

A taxonomic tribe within the family Culicidae – genus Culiseta only.


Culex (Melanoconion)

Culex Melanoconion (canonical masculine)


Culex (Neoculex)

Culex (canonical masculine)
Neoculex (alternative)


Toxorhynchites rutilus septentrionalis

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Toxorhynchites rutilus septentrionalis m

A taxonomic subspecies within the family Culicidae – an elephant mosquito native to the US and Canada.


Culiseta

A taxonomic genus within the family Culicidae – certain cold-adapted mosquito species.

C. impatiens

(genus): Culiseta (Allotheobaldia), Culiseta (Austrotheobaldia), Culiseta (Climacura), Culiseta (Culicella), Culiseta (Culiseta), Culiseta (Neotheobaldia), Culiseta (Theomyia) - subgenera


Toxorhynchites rutilus

A taxonomic species within the family Culicidae – elephant mosquitos.


Toxorhynchites

New Latin, from Ancient Greek τόξον (tóxon, “bow”) + ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos, “snout, beak”) + -ίτης (-ítēs, nominal suffix), referring to the curved proboscis of the insect.

af

A taxonomic genus within the family Culicidae – elephant mosquitos, that do not consume blood and whose larvae are predators of other mosquito larvae.

Toxorhynchites rutilus septentrionalis

Toxorhynchites brevipalpis - type species; Toxorhynchites rutilus - selected other species


Keratosa

A taxonomic subclass within the phylum Porifera – the sponges, consisting of sponges having a skeleton composed of hornlike fibers, recently proposed to include two orders formerly in the polyphyletic subclass Ceractinomorpha.


Rhynchocephalia

From Ancient Greek ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos, “snout”) + κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”).

der

A taxonomic order within the class Reptilia – lizard-like reptiles including only two extant species of tuataras of New Zealand and their numerous extinct relatives.


Cardium

A New Latin form of Ancient Greek καρδίᾱ (kardíā, “heart”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Cardiidae – the cockles.


Elizabethkingia anophelis

A taxonomic species within the family Flavobacteriaceae.


Stizostedion

New Latin, from Ancient Greek στίζω (stízō, “I mark, tattoo”) + στηθίον (stēthíon), diminutive of στῆθος (stêthos, “breast”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Percidae – Sander.


Callosobruchus

A taxonomic genus within the family Chrysomelidae – certain of the bean weevils.


Ceratophyllum

From Ancient Greek κέρας (kéras, “horn”) + φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Ceratophyllaceae – flowering plants called hornworts.


Aphaniptera

From Ancient Greek ἀφανής (aphanḗs, “indistinct, unseen, obscure”) + πτερόν (pterón, “wing”).

(archaic) A taxonomic order within the subdivision Endopterygota – Siphonaptera (fleas).


Craspedota

From Ancient Greek κράσπεδον (kráspedon, “border, skirt”) + -ota.

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(obsolete) A taxonomic division within the subphylum Medusozoa – jellyfish and similar organisms bearing a true velum which is marked by a narrow shelf-like ridge on the inner border of the circular margin of the medusa.


Human cytomegalovirus

A taxonomic species within the genus Cytomegalovirus – a viral pathogen found in 60-70% of adults in industrialized countries (100% in other countries) that causes a variety of diseases, especially in the immunosuppressed.


Ekembo

A taxonomic genus within the order Primates – extinct apes of the Miocene, 20-17 million years ago.


Inkayacu

From Quechua inka (“emperor”) + yaku (“water”) (Hispanicised as yacu).

A taxonomic genus within the order Sphenisciformes – an extinct penguin living in Peru during the Late Eocene.


Cyclostomatida

From French cyclostome, from Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos, “circle”) + στόμα (stóma, “mouth”).

A taxonomic order within the phylum Bryozoa – Cyclostomata.


Akialoa

A taxonomic genus within the family Fringillidae – extinct Hawaiian finches.


Afropithecus

From afro- + Pithecus (“obsolete genus”) (from Ancient Greek πίθηκος (píthēkos, “ape”)).

A taxonomic genus within the family Proconsulidae – certain extinct apes of the Miocene, 18-16 million years ago.

†Proconsulidae - familyl †Afropithecinae


Godiva

After the appearance of the type species

A taxonomic genus within the family Facelinidae – certain sea slugs.


Pica hudsonia

A taxonomic species within the family Corvidae – the black-billed magpie of North America.


Boreoeutheria

A taxonomic magnorder within the class Mammalia.


Mangifera

A taxonomic genus within the family Anacardiaceae – the mango tree.


Anacharis

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Hydrocharitaceae – the waterweeds, now principally Elodea.


Thamnophis

From Ancient Greek θάμνος (thámnos, “bush”) + Ancient Greek ὄφις (óphis, “snake”). Doublet of Thamnosophis.

affix

A taxonomic genus within the family Colubridae – the garter snakes, native to North and Central America.


Triodia

A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – grasses of arid parts of Australia, some of the spinifexes, porcupine grass.

A taxonomic genus within the family Hepialidae – certain moths.


Orthrus

A taxonomic genus within the family Salticidae – jumping spiders.


Navicula

A taxonomic genus within the family Naviculaceae – boat-shaped algae.


Colchicum autumnale

A taxonomic species within the family Colchicaceae – autumn crocus or meadow saffron.


Cyanidium

→ Russian: циани́диум (cianídium)

A taxonomic genus within the family Cyanidiaceae – certain red algae.


Emys

From Latin emys, from Ancient Greek ἐμύς (emús, “fresh-water tortoise, esp Emys lutaria”).

der

A taxonomic genus within the family Emydidae – pond turtles of Europe and, in some classificatons, North America.

Emys blandingii

syn. of Emydoidea blandingii Blanding's turtle

Emys marmorata

syn. of Actinemys marmorata Western pond turtle


Castanopsis

A taxonomic genus within the family Fagaceae – some of the trees called chinquapins.


Brachychiton

From Ancient Greek βραχύς (brakhús, “short”) + χιτών (khitṓn, “covering”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Malvaceae.

for other species see Brachychiton at The Plant List


Hippophae

From Ancient Greek ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) + Ancient Greek φάος (pháos, “light”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Elaeagnaceae – sea buckthorns.

for other species see Hippophae at The Plant List


Micropezidae

A taxonomic family within the order Diptera – stilt-legged flies.


Xanthocyparis

xantho- (“yellow”) + -cyparis (“cypress”)

confix

A taxonomic genus within the family Cupressaceae – two species of trees, now often included in genus Cupressus.


Mesembryanthemum

Taxonomic Latin, from Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos, “middle”) and ἔμβρυον (émbruon, “embryo" or "pistil”) and ἄνθεμον (ánthemon, “flower”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Aizoaceae – many succulents indigenous to South Africa, ice plant or icicle plants.


Chrysomela

Possibly from New Latin chryso- (“gold, yellow”) + Ancient Greek μέλᾱς (mélās, “dark, black”).

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A taxonomic genus within the family Chrysomelidae – certain leaf beetles.


Pisaura

A taxonomic genus within the family Pisauridae.


Megarhyssa

A taxonomic genus within the family Ichneumonidae – large ichneumon wasps.


Alydidae

broad-headed bugs
broad-headed bug#English

A taxonomic family within the order Hemiptera – broad-headed bugs.


Asopinae

Asopus ("formerly a genus, now a subgenus of Amyotea") + -inae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Pentatomidae – predatory stink bugs.


Cicindela

A taxonomic genus within the family Carabidae – certain tiger beetles.


Zopheridae

→ English: zopherid

→ Russian: зофери́д (zoferíd)

A taxonomic family within the order Coleoptera – formerly solely ironclad beetles, now including others.

Colydiinae

rough mould beetle, cylindrical bark beetle


Phoneutria

The name is from the Greek φονεύτρια, meaning "murderess".

Brazilian wandering spider
Brazilian wandering spider

A taxonomic genus within the family Ctenidae – Brazilian wandering spiders or banana spiders.


Lycopodiophytina

A taxonomic subphylum within the phylum Tracheophyta – moss-like plants.


Forficulidae

A taxonomic family within the order Dermaptera – certain earwigs.


Tetragnathidae

A taxonomic family within the order Araneae – the long-jawed orb weavers.


Polypodiophytina

A taxonomic subphylum within the phylum Tracheophyta – true ferns, other ferns, and horsetails.


Supella

A taxonomic genus within the family Ectobiidae – brown-banded cockroach.


Mucoromycotina

A taxonomic subphylum within the phylum Zygomycota.


Endomyxa

A taxonomic subphylum within the phylum Cercozoa – most free-living reticulose amoebae and most of the cercozoan parasites.


Chlorophytina

A taxonomic subphylum within the phylum Chlorophyta – green flagellates.


Postciliodesmatophora

A taxonomic subphylum within the phylum Ciliophora – certain of the ciliate chromists.


Taphrinomycotina

A taxonomic subphylum within the phylum Ascomycota – fungi that form their spores in a sac-like ascus.


Discula

for other species see Discula at MycoBank

A taxonomic genus within the family Hygromiidae – the hairy snails and their allies.

A taxonomic genus within the family Gnomoniaceae – certain fungi that are plant pathogens.


Hyalophora

A taxonomic genus within the family Saturniidae – certain moths.


Psychidae

A taxonomic family within the order Lepidoptera – bagworm moths.


Corollina

A taxonomic form genus within the family Cheirolepidiaceae – †Classopollis.


Elateridae

A taxonomic family within the order Coleoptera – click beetles.

Alaus

Anischiinae, Aplastinae, Cebrioninae, Denticollinae, Dicronychinae, Hypnoidinae, Melanotinae, Prosterninae, Subprotelaterinae, Tetralobinae, ThylacosterninaeThylacosterninae - Campyloxeninae – Eudicronychinae – Semiotinae – Sinopyrophorinae – other subfamilies


Polydesmida

A taxonomic order within the class Diplopoda – certain millipedes.

Ammodesmidae

(order): Dalodesmidea, Leptodesmidea, Paradoxosomatidea, Polydesmidea - suborders


Callitris

A taxonomic genus within the family Cupressaceae – various coniferous trees of Australia and New Caledonia.

for other species see Callitris at Tropicos


Holometabola

From Ancient Greek ὅλος (hólos, “complete”) + μεταβολή (metabolḗ, “change”).

A taxonomic superorder within the class Insecta – many of the most common insects.

Mecoptera

scorpion flies, hangingflies, scorpionflies, snowflies

Strepsiptera

order; parasitic insects, twisted-winged parasites, twisted-wing parasites, strepsipteran


Kinetoplastea

A taxonomic class within the phylum Euglenozoa – kinetoplastids, flagellated protozoans characterized by having organelles (kinetoplasts) containing a large mass of DNA.


Pleurodonta

A taxonomic infraorder within the order Squamata.


Catenulidea

A taxonomic subphylum within the phylum Platyhelminthes – small, free-living, aquatic flatworms.


Catenulida

A taxonomic order within the subphylum Catenulidea.

A taxonomic class within the phylum Platyhelminthes.


Protalveolata

A taxonomic subphylum within the phylum Miozoa.


Crinozoa

From crinis, meaning hair or plume, and zoa, meaning animals.

A taxonomic subphylum within the phylum Echinodermata – the crinoids or sea lilies and their extinct relatives, echinoderms that are anchored to a substrate for part of their life.


Acoelomorpha

From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”) + κοῖλος (koîlos, “hollow”) + μορφή (morphḗ, “shape”).

A taxonomic subphylum within the phylum Xenacoelomorpha.


Pucciniomycotina

A taxonomic subphylum within the phylum Basidiomycota – morphologically diverse fungi, but principally plant parasitic rust fungi.


Kickxellomycotina

A taxonomic subphylum within the phylum Zygomycota.


Prasinophytina

prasino- (“leek-green”) + -phytina, from Latin prasinus

A taxonomic subphylum within the phylum Chlorophyta – certain unicellular green algae.


Zoopagomycotina

A taxonomic subphylum within the phylum Zygomycota – microscopic soil fungi that are principally obligate parasites of other soil fungi and animals.


Rhodellophytina

A taxonomic subphylum within the phylum Rhodophyta – certain red algae.


Metarhodophytina

A taxonomic subphylum within the phylum Rhodophyta – cerrtain red algae.


Symbiontida

A taxonomic subphylum within the phylum Euglenozoa – a single species of protozoan flagellate that lives in low oxygen environments, about which little is known.


Euglenoida

A taxonomic subphylum within the phylum Euglenozoa.

Euglenophyceae

Euglenida, Eutreptiida - orders in class Euglenophyceae

Peranemea

Heteronemida, Peranemida, Rhabdomonadida - orders in class Peranemea


Pseudoviridae

A taxonomic family within the order Ortervirales – certain RNA reverse-transcribing viruses.

Riboviria

(family): single-stranded RNA reverse-transcribing viruses (ssRNA, Group 6) - Baltimore virus classification

Phaseolus vulgaris Tpv2-6 virus

(family): Hemivirus, Pseudovirus, Sirevirus - genera


Caulimoviridae

A taxonomic family within the order Ortervirales – certain DNA reverse-transcribing viruses.

Riboviria

(family): Virus - kingdom; double-stranded DNA reverse-transcribing viruses (dsDNA, Group 7) - Baltimore virus classification; Ortervirales - order


Ligamenvirales

A taxonomic order within the class Tokiviricetes – certain viruses infecting archaea.

Recognized but unplaced in ICTV 2019

(order): double-stranded DNA viruses (dsDNA, Group 1) - Baltimore virus classification

Alphalipothrixvirus

(order): Lipothrixviridae, Rudiviridae - families


Tymovirales

A taxonomic order within the class Alsuviricetes – certain plant viruses having positive-sense single-stranded RNA genomes.

Riboviria

(order): positive-sense single-stranded RNA viruses (ssRNA, Group 4) - Baltimore virus classification


Hepadnaviridae

From English hepatitis + DNA + -viridae.

A taxonomic family within the order Blubervirales – certain DNA reverse-transcribing viruses, the hepatitis B-type viruses.

Riboviria

(family): double-stranded DNA reverse-transcribing viruses (dsDNA, Group 7) - Baltimore virus classification


Rauisuchidae

A taxonomic family within the class Reptilia – a disputed family of colossal predatory Triassic archosaurs.


Neolouka

A taxonomic subphylum within the phylum Loukozoa.


Pharyngomonada

A taxonomic subphylum within the phylum Percolozoa.


Choanofila

A taxonomic subphylum within the phylum Choanozoa.


Varisulca

A taxonomic subphylum within the phylum Sulcozoa.

Glissodiscea

class; Mantamonadida, Planomonadida - orders


Peduovirinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Myoviridae.


Spounavirinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Herelleviridae.

Bacillus virus SPO1

(subfamily): Okubovirus, Siminovitchvirus - genera


Picovirinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Podoviridae.


Rudiviridae

A taxonomic family within the order Ligamenvirales.


Asfarviridae

A taxonomic family within the order Asfuvirales.


Picornavirales

English blend of picornavirus + -virales

A taxonomic order within the class Pisoniviricetes – certain viruses having positive-sense single-stranded RNA genomes.

Iflavirus

(order): Caliciviridae, Dicistroviridae, Iflaviridae, Marnaviridae, Picornaviridae, Polycipiviridae, Secoviridae, Solinviviridae - families


Malacoherpesviridae

A taxonomic family within the order Herpesvirales.

Duplodnaviria

(family): Virus - kingdom; double-stranded DNA viruses (dsDNA, Group 1) - Baltimore virus classification; Herpesvirales - order


Lipothrixviridae

A taxonomic family within the order Ligamenvirales – hosted by thermophilic archaea in the class and phylum Crenarchaeota.


Clavaviridae

A taxonomic family within the taxon Virus.

Not assigned to any higher taxon in ICTV 2019

Aeropyrum pernix bacilliform virus 1

(family): Clavavirus - sole accepted genus


Nimaviridae

A taxonomic family within the taxon unknown.

(family): Virus - kingdom; Group I: dsDNA

Family recognized but unplaced in ICTV 2019


Gammaherpesvirinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Herpesviridae.

Duplodnaviria

(order): Virus - kingdom; double-stranded DNA viruses (dsDNA, Group 1) - Baltimore virus classification; Herpesvirales - order; Herpesviridae - family

Equid gammaherpesvirus 7

(subfamily): Lymphocryptovirus, Macavirus, Percavirus, Rhadinovirus - genera


Alloherpesviridae

A taxonomic family within the order Herpesvirales – certain viruses of fish and amphibians.


Autographivirinae

From Ancient Greek αὐτόγραφος (autógraphos, “written with one's own hand”) + -virinae

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A taxonomic subfamily within the family Podoviridae – now family Autographiviridae in order Caudovirales.


Iridoviridae

A taxonomic family within the order Pimascovirales.

Lymphocystivirus

(family): Alphairidovirinae, Betairidovirinae - subfamilies


Bicaudaviridae

Not assigned to any higher-ranking taxon


Globuloviridae

Unplaced in any higher taxon in ICTV 2019


Hytrosaviridae

A taxonomic family within the order Lefavirales.

Glossina hytrosavirus

(family): Glossinavirus, Muscavirus - genera


Betaherpesvirinae

Caviid betaherpesvirus 2

(subfamily): Cytomegalovirus, Muromegalovirus, Proboscivirus, Roseolovirus - genera


Plasmaviridae

A taxonomic family within the taxon Virus – that infects bacteria of the class Mollicutes.


Pandoraviridae

A taxonomic family within the order Megavirales – a dsDNA virus not yet accepted by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses.


Turriviridae

A taxonomic family within the order Tectiliviricetes.

Sulfolobus turreted icosahedral virus 1

(family): Alphaturrivirus - sole accepted genus


Reoviridae

English respiratory enteric orphan (“not associated with a known disease”) + -viridae

A taxonomic family within the order Reovirales.

Cardoreovirus

(family): Sedoreovirinae, Spinareovirinae - subfamilies


Adenoviridae

A taxonomic family within the order Rowavirales.

Ovine atadenovirus D

(family): Atadenovirus, Aviadenovirus, Ichtadenovirus, Mastadenovirus, Siadenovirus - genera


Sphaerolipoviridae

A taxonomic family within the order Halopanivirales – double-stranded DNA viruses that infect thermophilic bacteria and halophilic archea.

Haloarcula hispanica virus SH1

(family): Alphasphaerolipovirus, Betasphaerolipovirus, Gammasphaerolipovirus - genera


Papillomaviridae

A taxonomic family within the order Zurhausenvirales.

Monodnaviria

(family): Virus - kingdom; Group I: dsDNA - Baltimore classification

Alphapapillomavirus

(family): Firstpapillomavirinae, Secondpapillomavirinae - subfamilies

Zetapapillomavirus

selected genera in FirstPapillomavirinae


Mimiviridae

A taxonomic family within the order Imitervirales.

Synonym of Mesomimiviridae A taxonomic subfamily within the family Megaviridae. (original grouping used to define family Mimiviridae)

(archaic) Synonym of Megaviridae A taxonomic family within the order Imitervirales – including the original family grouping of Mimiviridae as a subfamily.


Corticoviridae

A taxonomic family within the order Vinavirales.


Nudiviridae

A taxonomic family within the taxon unknown.

Not placed in any higher-ranked taxon in ICTV 2019

Gryllus bimaculatus nudivirus

(family): Alphanudivirus, Betanudivirus - genera


Microviridae

A taxonomic family within the order Petitvirales.

Bdellomicrovirus

(family): Bullavirinae, Gokushovirinae - subfamilies


Gokushovirinae

From Japanese 極小 (gokushō, “minuscule”) + -virinae.

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Microviridae.


Nanoviridae

A taxonomic family within the order Mulpavirales.


Bidnaviridae

A taxonomic family within the order Polivirales.


Spiraviridae

A taxonomic family within the taxon Virus – a ssDNA virus only known to replicate in one species of archaebacteria (Aeropyrum pernix).


Anelloviridae

A taxonomic family within the taxon Virus – anelloviruses.

Included in no higher taxon in ICTV 2021


Alternaviridae

(archaic) A taxonomic family within the taxon unknown – genera now all included in family Birnaviridae.


Hypoviridae

A taxonomic family within the order Durnavirales.


Endornaviridae

A taxonomic family within the order Martellivirales – certain plant viruses.

Oryza sativa alphaendornavirus

(family): Alphaendornavirus, Betaendornavirus - genus

Sclerotinia sclerotiorum betaendornavirus 1


Totiviridae

A taxonomic family within the order Ghabrivirales – a Group III: dsRNA virus.


Chrysoviridae

Chrysovirus + -viridae First attested in 2002.

A taxonomic family within the order Ghabrivirales.

Penicillium chrysogenum virus

(family): Alphachrysovirus, Betachrysovirus - genus


Spinareovirinae

From Latin spīna (“spine”) + English respiratory enteric orphan (“not associated with a known disease”) + -virinae.

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Reoviridae.


Sedoreovirinae

From a claimed Latin sēdō (“smooth”) + English respiratory enteric orphan (“not associated with a known disease”) + -virinae. The first element may have been chosen in error, given that the Latin word in question is a verb, rather than an adjective.


Partitiviridae

Agaricus bisporus virus 4

White clover cryptic virus 1; Atkinsonella hypoxylon virus; Cryptosporidium parvum virus 1; Pepper cryptic virus 1; Penicillium stoloniferum virus S - type species; 40 other species in genera


Spongiforma squarepantsii

Named in reference to the cartoon character SpongeBob SquarePants.

A taxonomic species within the family Boletaceae – a fungus with sponge-like, rubbery orange fruit bodies.

SpongeBob SquarePants (character)
Spongiforma squarepantsii


Natalimyza

New Latin, from English Natal (“Natal, region in South Africa”) (from Portuguese Natal (“Christmas, after its day of discovery”), + -myza, Ancient Greek μυζάω (muzáō, “I suck”))

A taxonomic genus within the family Natalimyzidae – certain flies discovered in Natal.


Palpitia

A taxonomic subphylum within the phylum Cryptista.


Ethalia

A taxonomic genus within the family Trochidae – top snails.

for other species see Ethalia at World Register of Marine Species


Reticulofilosa

A taxonomic subphylum within the phylum Ochrophyta.


Cryptocercus

A taxonomic genus within the family Cryptocercidae – the wood roaches or brown-hooded cockroaches, the extant roaches most closely related to termites, which are now thought to be specialized roaches.


Dionaea muscipula

A taxonomic species within the family Droseraceae – the Venus flytrap.


Droseraceae

A taxonomic family within the order Caryophyllales – the sundews, carnivorous plants.


Termitoidae

New Latin, from Late Latin termes, alteration of Latin tarmes (“woodworm”), + -oidae

A taxonomic epifamily within the order Blattodea – termites, in some of the modern classifications that place them as specialized roaches.


Aaveqaspis

From Greenlandic aaveq (“walrus”) + Ancient Greek ἀσπίς (aspís, “shield”).

A taxonomic genus within the phylum Arthropoda – marine arthropods of unclear affiliation that lived during the early Cambrian period.


Herochroma aethalia

A taxonomic species within the family Geometridae – a species of moths inhabiting Sumatra.


Umbonium

From Latin umbō (“boss of a shield, shield”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Trochidae – button top shells.

for other species see Umbonium at World Register of Marine Species


Therevidae

A taxonomic family within the order Diptera – stiletto flies.


Nicrophorus

A taxonomic genus within the family Staphylinidae – sexton beetles or burying beetles.


Trochidae

A taxonomic family within the order Trochida – topshells, marine snails.


Arteriviridae

A taxonomic family within the order Nidovirales.


Gammaflexiviridae

A taxonomic family within the order Tymovirales.


Dicistroviridae

A taxonomic family within the order Picornavirales.

Riboviria

(order): positive-sense single-stranded RNA viruses (ssRNA, Group 4) - Baltimore virus classification


Alphatetraviridae

A taxonomic family within the order Hepelivirales.

Nudaurelia capensis beta virus

(family): Betatetravirus, Omegatetravirus – genera


Alvernaviridae

alveolates (target of infection) + ssRNA + -viridae

A taxonomic family within the order Sobelivirales.

Heterocapsa circularisquama RNA virus 01


Carmotetraviridae

A taxonomic family within the order Tolivirales.


Closteroviridae

A taxonomic family within the order Martellivirales – certain viruses hosted by plants.

Riboviria

(family): Virus - kingdom; Group IV: (+)ssRNA - Baltimore classification

for unassigned species see Closteroviridae


Bornaviridae

A taxonomic family within the order Mononegavirales.


Torovirinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Tobaniviridae.


Permutotetraviridae

A taxonomic family within the kingdom Orthornavirae.

Thosea asigna virus

(family): Alphapermutotetravirus - genus


Narnaviridae

A taxonomic family within the order Wolframvirales.


Virgaviridae

Latin virga (“rod”) after the shape of virions + -viridae

A taxonomic family within the order Martellivirales – that infect plants, including typical mosaic viruses.


Ophioviridae

A taxonomic family within the order Serpentovirales – now Aspiviridae.


Nodaviridae

A taxonomic family within the order Nodamuvirales.

Nodamura virus

(family): Alphanodavirus, Betanodavirus - genera


Luteoviridae

Barley yellow dwarf virus GPV

Pea enation mosaic virus 1, Barley yellow dwarf virus PAV, Potato leafroll virus - type species; 41 other species assigned to genera


Orthoretrovirinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Retroviridae.

Avian leukosis virus

(subfamily): Alpharetrovirus, Betaretrovirus, Deltaretrovirus, Epsilonretrovirus, Gammaretrovirus, Lentivirus - genera


Pneumovirinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Paramyxoviridae – now promoted to family Pneumoviridae in order Mononegavirales.


Amalgaviridae

A taxonomic family within the order Dumavirales.

Southern tomato virus

(family): Amalgavirus, Zybavirus - genera


Hepeviridae

Orthohepevirus A

(family): Orthohepevirus, Piscihepevirus - genera


Quadriviridae

A taxonomic family within the order Ghabrivirales.


Paramyxovirinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Paramyxoviridae – now principally in subfamily Orthoparamyxovirinae.


Tymoviridae

A taxonomic family within the order Tymovirales.


Iflaviridae

A taxonomic family within the order Picornavirales.


Spumaretrovirinae

Bovine foamy virus

(subfamily):, Bovispumavirus, Equispumavirus, Felispumavirus, Prosimiispumavirus, Simiipumavirus - genus

Brown greater galago prosimian foamy virus


Haptopoda

A taxonomic order within the class Arachnida – single extinct arachnid species †Plesiosiro madeleyi.


Craterostigmomorpha

A taxonomic order within the class Chilopoda – certain centipedes.


Phalangiotarbida

A taxonomic order within the class Arachnida – certain extinct arachnids.


Palpigradi

A taxonomic order within the class Arachnida – the palpigrades.


Roniviridae

A taxonomic family within the order Nidovirales.


Pauropodina

A taxonomic order within the class Pauropoda.


Nyamiviridae

A taxonomic family within the order Mononegavirales.


BDN

Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
w:en:Brandon, Manitoba, Canada

(sports) Abbreviation of Brandon. (Brandon, Manitoba, Canada)


Tombusviridae

A taxonomic family within the taxon unknown.

Umbravirus

(family): Calvusvirinae, Procedovirinae, Regressovirinae - subfamilies


Arthropleurida

A taxonomic order within the class Diplopoda – extinct millipedes of the Carboniferous.


Cyclida

A taxonomic order within the class Maxillopoda.


Microdecemplicida

A taxonomic order within the class Diplopoda.


Monura

A taxonomic order within the class Insecta – certain extinct wingless insects.


Facetotecta

(archaic) A taxonomic infraclass within the class Maxillopoda.

A taxonomic subclass within the class Thecostraca.


Arguloida

A taxonomic order within the class Maxillopoda – certain fish lice.


Brachypoda

From Ancient Greek βραχύς (brakhús, “short”) + πούς (poús, “foot”).

A taxonomic order within the class Cephalocarida – the horseshoe shrimps, small crustacea found in the intertidal zone.


Eoarthropleurida

A taxonomic order within the class Diplopoda – certain extinct millipedes.


Arthropleuridea

From Ancient Greek ἄρθρον (árthron, “joint”) + πλευρόν (pleurón, “rib”) + -idea.

A taxonomic subclass within the class Diplopoda – certain extinct arthropods.


Mystacocaridida

A taxonomic order within the class Maxillopoda – tiny crustaceans found in the in intertidal sands of beaches, probably worldwide.


Mycena leaiana

A taxonomic species within the family Tricholomataceae – orange mycena, native to northeastern US and Canada.


Zetatorquevirus

A taxonomic genus within the family Anelloviridae.


Yualikevirus

A taxonomic genus within the family Siphoviridae – now known as Yuavirus.


Zetapapillomavirus

A taxonomic genus within the family Papillomaviridae – cause of cutaneous lesions in horses.

Monodnaviria

(family): Virus - kingdom; Group I: dsDNA, Papillomaviridae


Pleurococcus

A taxonomic genus within the family Chaetophoraceae – certain green algae.


Zeavirus

A taxonomic genus within the family Tombusviridae.

Riboviria

(genus): Virus - kingdom; Group IV: (+)ssRNA; Tombusviridae - family


Yatapoxvirus

A taxonomic genus within the family Poxviridae.

Varidnaviria

(subfamily): Virus - kingdom; Group I: dsDNA; Poxviridae - family; Chordopoxvirinae - subfamily


Pholiota

New Latin, from Ancient Greek φολίς (pholís, “horny scale”) + -ota

A taxonomic genus within the family Strophariaceae.

for other species see Pholiota at MycoBank


Pholiota aurivella

A taxonomic species within the family Strophariaceae – a golden pholiota.


Viunalikevirus

A taxonomic genus within the family Myoviridae.


Vitivirus

A taxonomic genus within the family Betaflexiviridae.


Waikavirus

A taxonomic genus within the family Secoviridae – hosted by plants.

Riboviria

(family): Virus - kingdom; Group IV: (+)ssRNA; Picornavirales - order; Secoviridae - family


Victorivirus

A taxonomic genus within the family Totiviridae.


Velarivirus

A taxonomic genus within the family Closteroviridae.

Riboviria

(family): Virus - kingdom; Group IV: (+)ssRNA; Closteroviridae - family


Vesivirus

A taxonomic genus within the family Caliciviridae.


Wbetalikevirus

A taxonomic genus within the family Siphoviridae – certain tailed bacteriophages, now known as Wbetavirus.

Duplodnaviria

(family): Virus - kingdom; Group I: dsDNA; Caudovirales - order; Siphoviridae - family


Vesiculovirus

A taxonomic genus within the family Rhabdoviridae.


Whispovirus

A taxonomic genus within the family Nimaviridae – sole species causes white spot syndrome on crustacea.


Upsilonpapillomavirus

A taxonomic genus within the family Papillomaviridae.


Varicellovirus

New Latin, from English varicella + -virus.

A taxonomic genus within the family Herpesviridae – certain herpesviruses.


Varicosavirus

As international scientific vocabulary, reflecting New Latin roots or the modern vernacular words made from them (e.g., varicose, varico-, virus), ultimately from Latin varix and virus; the name reflects that this plant virus causes varicosity in lettuce plant veins.


Monaster

From Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, only, sole, single”) and Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr, “star”).

A taxonomic genus within the family †Monadteridae – extinct starfish found in the Permian in Australia.


Peziza phyllogena

A taxonomic species within the family Pezizaceae – the common brown cup mushroom.


Tyromyces chioneus

white cheese polypore
white cheese polypore

A taxonomic species within the family Polyporaceae – white cheese polypore.


Crotalus horridus

A taxonomic species within the family Viperidae – timber rattlesnake.


Xylaria polymorpha

A taxonomic species within the family Xylariaceae – the fungus dead man's fingers.


Ceratomyrmex ellenbergeri

†Ceratomyrmex ellenbergeri (canonical masculine)

A taxonomic species within the family Formicidae – the extinct unicorn ant, discovered in 99-million-year-old amber from Myanmar.


Vandellia

A taxonomic genus within the family Trichomycteridae – certain parasitic catfish.

A taxonomic genus within the family Linderniaceae.

Vandellia crustacea, Benth. / Vandellia erecta, Benth.

1876, “Natural Order 74.—Scrophulariaceæ”, in Statistical, Descriptive and Historical Account of the North-Western Provinces of India, volume 4 (in English):

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Scrophulariaceae – now mostly in Lindernia (family Linderniaceae).


Trichaptum

A taxonomic genus within the family Polyporaceae.

for other species see Trichaptum at MycoBank


Trichaptum biforme

A taxonomic species within the family Polyporaceae – purple tooth.


Piper nigrum

A taxonomic species within the family Piperaceae – black pepper.


Punica granatum

A taxonomic species within the family Lythraceae – pomegranate.


Artomyces pyxidatus

A taxonomic species within the family Auriscalpiaceae – crown-tipped coral fungus, may be better placed in Amylostereaceae.


Larinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Laridae.


Fuligo septica

A taxonomic species within the family Physaraceae – a bright-yellow plasmodial slime mold.


Calocedrus

From Ancient Greek καλός (kalós, “beautiful”) + κέδρος (kédros, “cedar”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Cupressaceae – the incense cedars.


Muraena

A taxonomic genus within the family Muraenidae – moray eels.


Cryptotermes

A taxonomic genus within the family Kalotermitidae – certain termites.


Rhabditis

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ῥάβδος (rhábdos, “rod”) + -ῖτις (-îtis) (feminine form of -ίτης (-ítēs))

(archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Rhabditidae – typical nematodes, sometimes now Caenorhabditis.


Thujopsis

A taxonomic genus within the family Cupressaceae – the false arborvitae or hiba arborvitae.


Sargassaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Fucales – brown algae that make up many seaweeds.

for other genera see Sargassaceae at AlgaeBase


Sargassum

A New Latin form of Portuguese sargaço, in turn from Latin salicastrum.

A taxonomic genus within the family Sargassaceae – a common brown alga that makes up some common seaweed.

For the numerous species see Sargassum at AlgaeBase


Glomerales

A taxonomic order within the class Glomeromycetes – fungi that are mycorrhizal symbionts with plants.


Thaliacea

A taxonomic class within the phylum Chordata – tunicates that are pelagic for their entire lifespan.


Myxiniformes

A taxonomic order within the class Myxini – the hagfishes and their extinct close relatives.


Torpediniformes

A taxonomic order within the class Elasmobranchii – the electric rays.


Sepiolida

A taxonomic order within the class Cephalopoda – bobtail squids.


Trypanosomatida

A taxonomic order within the class Kinetoplastea – parasitic flagellate protozoa, some of which cause serious disease in humans.


Pleosporales

A taxonomic order within the class Dothideomycetes – principally some of the fungi that feed on decaying plants, distinguished morphologically by having perithecioid ascomata with pseudoparaphyses amongst the asci.


Arthrodermataceae

A taxonomic family within the order Onygenales.

for others see Arthrodermataceae at MycoBank


Nudibranchia

A taxonomic order within the class Gastropoda – soft-bodied, marine gastropod molluscs with notable coloration and forms.

Actinocyclidae

(order): Doridoidea, Eolidoidea, Porostomata - suborders


Eucoila

A taxonomic genus within the family Figitidae – certain parasitoid wasps.

Striatovertex - genus in Eucoilidae containing species formerly in Eucoila


Entomophthoraceae

A taxonomic family within the order Entomophthorales – fungi pathogens that infect insects and certain other invertebrates.


Hexamitidae

A taxonomic family within the order Diplomonadida – certain flagellates that are intestinal parasites of invertebrate and vertebrate hosts, bilaterally symmetrical and somewhat oval in shape, with two nuclei.

Giardiinae

Giardia, Octomitus - genera in subfamily Giardiinae

Hexamitinae

Hexamita, Spironucleus, Trepomonas - genera in subfamily Hexamitinae


Alcyoniidae

A taxonomic family within the order Alcyonacea – true soft corals or leathery soft corals.


Maratus

peacock jumping spider
peacock jumping spider

A taxonomic genus within the family Salticidae – peacock jumping spiders, native to Western Australia.


Shorea faguetiana

A taxonomic species within the family Dipterocarpaceae – the yellow meranti, that includes a specimen that is the world's tallest tropical tree (89.5 meters), found in Sabah.


Balitoridae

A taxonomic family within the order Cypriniformes – the hillstream loaches.


Pyralidae

A taxonomic family within the order Lepidoptera – some of the snout moths.

Adelphia

(family): Chrysauginae, Epipaschiinae, Galleriinae, Phycitinae, Pyralinae – subfamilies


Tortricidae

A taxonomic family within the order Lepidoptera – leafroller moths.

Eudemis

Chlidanotini, Hilarographini, Polyorthini; Archipini, Atteriini, Ceracini, Cnephasiini, Cochylini, Epitymbiini, Euliini, Phricanthini, Schoenotenini, Sparganothini, Tortricini; Bactrini, Enarmoniini, Endotheniini, Eucosmini, Gatesclarkeanini, Grapholitini, Microcorsini, Olethreutini – tribes


Aechmea fasciata

A taxonomic species within the family Bromeliaceae – urn plant.


Drosera capensis

A taxonomic species within the family Droseraceae – the Cape sundew, a carnivorous plant.


Phyllorhiza punctata

A taxonomic species within the family Mastigiidae – the white-spotted jellyfish.


Polistes major

A taxonomic species within the family Vespidae – a paper wasp.


Phaseolus lunatus

A taxonomic species within the family Fabaceae – lima bean.


Takydromus tachydromoides

A taxonomic species within the family Lacertidae – the Japanese grass lizard.


Gymnothorax javanicus

A taxonomic species within the family Muraenidae – the giant moray eel.


Platycnemis pennipes

A taxonomic species within the family Platycnemididae – a damselfly.


Laticauda colubrina

A taxonomic species within the family Elapidae – banded sea krait.


Pachygrapsus marmoratus

desc

мра́морный кра́б

→ Russian: мра́морный кра́б (mrámornyj kráb) (partial calque)

A taxonomic species within the family Grapsidae – marbled rock crab.


Alstonia

Named after French botanist Charles Alston + -ia.

named-after

A taxonomic genus within the family Apocynaceae – tropical evergreen trees and shrubs, most species native to the Indonesian archipelago, many used for timber.


Carettochelys insculpta

A taxonomic species within the family Carettochelyidae – the pig-nose turtle of fresh waters in Australia and New Guinea.


Polychrotidae

A taxonomic family within the order Iguania – now treated as subfamily Polychrotinae.


Polychrotinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Iguanidae.


Chromatiales

A taxonomic order within the class Gammaproteobacteria – the purple sulfur bacteria.


Rhizostomae

A taxonomic order within the class Scyphozoa – alternative form of Rhizostomeae.


Capitella

A taxonomic genus within the family Capitellidae – some polychaete worms.


Laquearia

A taxonomic genus within the order Rhytismatales – certain fungi.


Merlangius

Merlangius merlangus
Merlangius merlangus

A taxonomic genus within the family Gadidae – the whiting (Merlangius merlangus).


Cecidomyiidae

A taxonomic family within the order Diptera – the gall midges.

(family): Cecidomyiinae, Lestremiinae, Micromyinae, Porricondylinae - subfamilies

For constituents including tribes see Cecidomyiidae at National Center for Biotechnology Information


Calluna vulgaris

A taxonomic species within the family Ericaceae – common heather, calluna, ling.


Calluna

From Ancient Greek καλλύνω (kallúnō, “to sweep”).

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Calluna vulgaris
Calluna vulgaris#Translingual

A taxonomic genus within the family Ericaceae – common heather (Calluna vulgaris).


Lemna

From Ancient Greek λέμνα (lémna, “kind of aquatic plant”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Araceae – typical duckweeds.


Colletotrichum

A taxonomic genus within the family Glomerellaceae – plant fungi, many causing diseases such as anthracnose on economically important plants.

for other species see Colletotrichum at MycoBank


Hadesarchaea

From Ancient Greek ἀρχαῖα (arkhaîa, “ancient”), neuter plural of ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos, “ancient”) and the name of the Greek god of the underworld, Hades.

A taxonomic class within the phylum Hadesarchaeota – single-celled, non-nucleated extremophiles capable of surviving without light or oxygen, found in subterranean areas, geysers and other hot, alkaline environments.


Corymbia

A taxonomic genus within the family Myrtaceae – about 113 species of tree that were classified as Eucalyptus species until the mid-1990s. It includes the bloodwoods, ghost gums and spotted gums, endemic to Australia and New Guinea.


Eucalypteae

A taxonomic tribe within the family Myrtaceae.


Piper betle

A taxonomic species within the family Piperaceae – betel pepper.


Batrachospermales

A taxonomic order within the class Florideophyceae – certain red algae.


Erythropeltidales

A taxonomic order within the class Compsopogonophyceae – certain red algae.


Scolopendra cataracta

A taxonomic species within the family Scolopendridae – a large venomous centipede found in southeast Asia, the first centipede discovered known to be amphibious.


Aegithalos caudatus

A taxonomic species within the family Aegithalidae – the long-tailed tit.


Sitta europaea

A taxonomic species within the family Sittidae – Eurasian nuthatch or wood nuthatch.


Dryocopus martius

A taxonomic species within the family Picidae – black woodpecker.


Cyanistes caeruleus

A taxonomic species within the family Paridae – the blue tit.


Rhodymeniophycidae

A taxonomic subclass within the class Florideophyceae – many species of red algae.


Bovista

From German Bovist, from older vohenfist (literally “vixen's fart”), from Middle High German vohe (“vixen”) + vist (“soft fart”), from Old High German foha vist (“vixen fart”).

derived

A taxonomic genus within the family Agaricaceae – the true puffballs.

Etymological Dictionary of the German Language

de:Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache


Sturnus unicolor

A taxonomic species within the family Sturnidae – the spotless starling, native to the western Mediterranean countries.


Tunicata

Latin tunicatus, past participle of tunicare (“to clothe with a tunic”).

A taxonomic subphylum within the phylum Chordata – tunicates, Urochordata.


Urginea

New Latin form, named after an Algerian Arabic tribe بني يورجن (Beni Urgin).

A taxonomic genus within the family Asparagaceae – most of whose former members are now included under Drimia and other genera.


Tilia americana

A taxonomic species within the family Malvaceae – the American basswood, American linden, American lime, of the northeastern US and adjoining Canada.


Nanochromis transvestitus

Nanochromis + English transvestite + -us

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English <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">transvestite</i>

A taxonomic species within the family Cichlidae – a cichlid, unusual in that the male is more colorful and distinctively marked than the female, endemic to Lake Mai-Ndombe in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.


Rattus exulans

A taxonomic species within the family Muridae – the Polynesian rat, of southeast Asia and Oceania.


Pyrosoma

From Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr, “fire”) + σῶμα (sôma, “body”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Pyrosomatidae – typical pyrosomes, bioluminescent free-floating colonial tunicates; fire salps. or sea pickles


Diplomonadida

A taxonomic order within the class Eopharyngea – small heterotrophic protists with no mitochondria, most found principally in the intestines of animals, where the are parasitic and cause disease; thought to form one of the earliest branches of eukaryote evolution.


Suriana

A taxonomic genus within the family Surianaceae – bay cedar.


Paraplesiops bleekeri

From the genus Paraplesiops and bleekeri, from the Dutch surname Bleeker + New Latin -i. Named after Dutch ichthyologist Pieter Bleeker. Coined by Albert Günther.

named-after

A taxonomic species within the family Plesiopidae – the eastern blue devil, a fish found off the coast of Australia.


Asteranae

A taxonomic superorder within the class Magnoliopsida – asterid.


Lucisporidia

A taxonomic superorder within the class Myxogastrea.


Columelida

A taxonomic superorder within the class Myxogastrea – dark‑spored acellular slime moulds.


Exosporeae

Ancient Greek ἔξω (éxō) + Ancient Greek σπόρος (spóros) + -ae.

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A taxonomic subclass within the class Myxogastrea.


Aeluroidea

(obsolete) A taxonomic superfamily within the order Carnivora – cats, mongooses and hyenas.


Myxogastrea

From Ancient Greek μύξα (múxa) + Ancient Greek γᾰστήρ (gastḗr) + -ea.

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A taxonomic class within the phylum Amoebozoa – certain slime molds.


Galloanseri

From Galloanserae (“unranked clade with same circumscription”) + -i. From Latin gallus (“rooster”) + ānser (“goose”)

A taxonomic superorder within the infraclass Neognathae – fowl: gamefowl and waterfowl.


Belone

Latin, from Ancient Greek βελόνη (belónē, “needle, garfish”)

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A taxonomic genus within the family Belonidae – garfishes.


Trichosanthes

A taxonomic genus within the family Cucurbitaceae.

for other species and subgenera and sections see Trichosanthes on Wikispecies..


Eupelycosauria

A taxonomic suborder within the superclass Tetrapoda – pelycosaurs.

A taxonomic clade within the superclass Tetrapoda – synapsids, including most pelycosaurs, as well as all therapsids and mammals.


Stewartia pseudocamellia

A taxonomic species within the family Theaceae – deciduous camellia, an ornamental tree of east Asia.


Andrenidae

A taxonomic family within the order Hymenoptera – mining bees.


Nephropidae

A taxonomic family within the order Decapoda – clawed lobsters.


Cananga odorata

A taxonomic species within the family Annonaceae – ylang ylang tree, native to Indonesia, Malaysia the Philippines, and parts of Polynesia, source of a perfume oil.


Leukovirus

From Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós, “white”), in reference to leukemia, + New Latin vīrus.

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the order Ortervirales – any of several viruses that cause leukemia or similar pathology in certain mammals, now placed in genera within family Retroviridae.

Fowl sarcoma virus

now one of three species in Alpharetrovirus

now abolished; now in Type C oncovirus group; now three species in Alpharetrovirus; now abolished; now abolished; now abolished

now Murine leukemia virus in Gammaretrovirus

Friend virus (now a serotype of Murine leukemia virus, Fujinami sarcoma virus, Graffi virus, Gross virus, Moloney virus, Mouse leukemia virus, Mouse mammary tumour virus, Nodule-inducing virus, Osteopetrosis virus, Rauscher virus, RAV 1-6, RIF 1, RIF 2, RIF 12 - other species


Hydroidolina

A taxonomic subclass within the class Hydrozoa.


Pheidole drogon

The specific epithet is in reference to a dragon named Drogon in the TV series Game of Thrones.

A taxonomic species within the family Formicidae.


Pheidole viserion

The specific epithet is in reference to a dragon named Viserion in the TV series Game of Thrones.


Pheidole

From Ancient Greek φειδωλός (pheidōlós, “sparing, thrifty”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Formicidae – many ants.

for other species see List of Pheidole species on Wikipedia..


Euconulidae

A taxonomic family within the order Stylommatophora – land snails with shells typically of only 3mm.


Pulex irritans

A taxonomic species within the family Pulicidae – the human flea, of cosmopolitan distribution with a range of mammalian hosts.


Trimeresurus flavoviridis

Protobothrops flavoviridis
Protobothrops flavoviridis#Translingual

Synonym of Protobothrops flavoviridis (habu).


Protobothrops flavoviridis

A taxonomic species within the family Viperidae – habu.


Surniinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Strigidae.


Paniceae

A taxonomic tribe within the family Poaceae – millets and related grasses and grains principally native to tropical and subtropical regions.

Chloachne

(tribe): Anthephorinae, Boivinellinae, Cenchrinae, Dichantheliinae, Melinidinae, Neurachninae, Panicinae - subtribes


Mammaliaformes

A taxonomic clade within the order Therapsida.


Momordica dioica

A taxonomic species within the family Cucurbitaceae – bitter melon, spine gourd, or kaksa.


Buccinidae

A taxonomic family within the order Neogastropoda – the whelks, edible clams.

Buccinidae on Wikipedia. for the numerous genera


Conjugatophyceae

A taxonomic class within the phylum Charophyta – the gamophytes, considered the green algae most closely related to green plants, now Zygnematophyceae.


Myxosporea

A taxonomic class within the phylum Cnidaria – microscopic parasites that require both annelid worms and fish as hosts over their life cycle.


IOA

(sports) Abbreviation of independent Olympics athletes or individual Olympics athletes. (country code for the team)


Heterolobosea

A taxonomic class within the phylum Percolozoa – colourless, non-photosynthetic protozoa, including many that can transform between amoeboid, flagellate, and cyst stages.


Tubulinea

A taxonomic class within the phylum Amoebozoa – including most of the larger, more familiar amoebae.


Eustigmatophyceae

A taxonomic class within the phylum Ochrophyta.


Chrysophyceae

A taxonomic class within the phylum Ochrophyta – golden algae.


Scaphopoda

From Ancient Greek σκάφη (skáphē, “boat”) + πούς (poús, “foot”).

A taxonomic class within the phylum Mollusca – tusk shells.


Eopharyngea

A taxonomic class within the phylum Metamonada – thought to form one of the earliest branches of eukaryote evolution.


Myxomycetes

A taxonomic class within the phylum Amoebozoa – Myxogastrea.


GEQ

Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea#English

Guinée équatoriale
Guinée équatoriale#French

(sports) Equatorial Guinea Abbreviation of Guinée équatoriale.


IVB

British Virgin Islands
British Virgin Islands#English

Îles vierges britanniques
Îles vierges britanniques#French

(sports) British Virgin Islands Abbreviation of Îles vierges britanniques.


CGO

Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo#English

(sports) Abbreviation of Congo. (Congo-Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo)


Melora

A taxonomic genus within the family Erebidae – moths of a single species.


SKN

Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Kitts and Nevis#Translingual

(sports) Abbreviation of Saint Kitts and Nevis.


CAY

Cayman Islands
Cayman Islands#Translingual

(sports) Abbreviation of Cayman Islands.


Orania

A taxonomic genus within the family Arecaceae – certain palm trees of Southeast Asia, Madagascar, and New Guinea.

A taxonomic genus within the family Muricidae – murex snails or rock snails.


Hydnocarpus

A taxonomic genus within the family Achariaceae – trees of Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines with alternate leaves, small dioecious racemose flowers, and capsular fruits yielding oil.


Aspidosperma

A taxonomic genus within the family Apocynaceae – flowering plants of Central and South America and the West Indies.


Baptisia

Ultimately from Ancient Greek βαπτίζω (baptízō, “immerse”), in reference to its use as a source of dye.

A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – wild indigos or false indigos.


Bryonia

A taxonomic genus within the family Cucurbitaceae – perennial herbs of the gourd family.


Antiaris

New Latin, from Dutch antjar, from Javanese ancar

A taxonomic genus within the family Moraceae – the upas tree.


Beggiatoa

Named in 1842 after the Italian medic and botanist F. S. Beggiato.

Certain bacteria living in sulfur-rich environments

A taxonomic genus within the family Beggiatoaceae.

A taxonomic genus within the family Thiotrichaceae.


Acheta

A taxonomic genus within the family Gryllidae – certain field crickets, including the house cricket.

Acheta on Wikimedia Commons. for other species.


Betonica

From Latin vettonica, from Latin Vettones.

A taxonomic genus within the family Lamiaceae – flowering plants, all but possibly one now accepted as species of Stachys.


Xantholinus

A taxonomic genus within the family Staphylinidae – the rove beetles.


Microthyriaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Microthyriales.


Gonyaulax

A taxonomic genus within the family Gonyaulacaceae – various dinoflagellates, some involved in red tides.


Pseudocercospora eumusae

A taxonomic species within the family Mycosphaerellaceae – the anamorph of Mycosphaerella eumusae, a pathogen to Cavendish bananas.


Craigia

A taxonomic genus within the family Malvaceae – deciduous trees.


Invertebrata

(biology) Invertebrate organisms generally.


Calotropis

A taxonomic genus within the family Apocynaceae – some of the milkweeds.

for other species see Category:Calotropis


Stillingia

A taxonomic genus within the family Euphorbiaceae – toothleafs.


Psychotria

A taxonomic genus within the family Rubiaceae – flowering plants, some of which produce dimethyltryptamine.


Rhipicephalus

From Ancient Greek ῥιπίς (rhíps, “mat”, “wickerwork”, “plaited work of osiers or rushes”, “fan for raising the fire”, “fan used by ladies”) + κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”)
Also from Ancient Greek Βοός (boós): genitive singular of βοῦς (boûs): cow + φίλος (phílos): that which is loved or important: beloved, dear, of or from a friend, (less commonly): loving, friendly.

A taxonomic genus within the family Ixodidae – hard ticks.


Cedrela

Derived from a diminutive form of Cedrus (“cedar”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Meliaceae – evergreen or dry-season deciduous trees with pinnate leaves, native to the tropical and subtropical New World.

for other species see Cedrela on Wikimedia Commons..


Tragia

A taxonomic genus within the family Euphorbiaceae – noseburns.

for the numerous species (170 per AP Web) see Tragia at Tropicos


Pentastoma

(obsolete) Certain species resembling tongueworms:

now in genus Porocephalus, of true tongueworms, in phylum Platyhelminthes;

now in genus Taenia in phylum Arthropoda.


Coccoloba

A taxonomic genus within the family Polygonaceae – flowering plants of the tropical and subtropical Americas.


Brownea

Named after Irish botanist Patrick Browne.

named-after

A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – tropical American shrubs and trees.


Collinsonia

A taxonomic genus within the family Lamiaceae – certain flowering plants.

for other species see Collinsonia on Wikimedia Commons..


Cladonia

English: → cladonia, cladonioid

→ French: cladonie

→ Russian: кладо́ния (kladónija)

A taxonomic genus within the family Cladoniaceae – cup lichens.


Cantharis

From Ancient Greek κανθαρίς (kantharís, “Spanish fly”).

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A taxonomic genus within the family Cantharidae – soldier beetles.


Pycnanthemum

A taxonomic genus within the family Lamiaceae – mountain mints.

for other species see Pycnanthemum on Wikimedia Commons..


Saprolegnia

A taxonomic genus within the family Saprolegniaceae – cotton moulds.

for other species see Saprolegnia at MycoBank


Sarracenia

From Late Latin Saracenus (“Saracen”) + -ia.

A taxonomic genus within the family Sarraceniaceae – pitcher plants.


Thiothrix

thio- (“sulfur”) + Ancient Greek θρῐ́ξ (thríx, “hair”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Thiotrichaceae – filamentous sulfur-oxidizing bacteria.

for other species see Thiothrix at List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature


Pongamia

A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – certain legumes.


Menispermum

From Ancient Greek μήνη (moon, month) + σπέρμα (seed).

A taxonomic genus within the family Menispermaceae – moonseeds.

Menispermum dauricum (Asian moonseed, Daurian moonseed - other species


Entada

A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – flowering plants.


Serenoa

Named after American botanist Sereno Watson.

named-after

A taxonomic genus within the family Arecaceae – saw palmetto.


Teucrium

From Ancient Greek τεύκριον (teúkrion, “tree germander”).

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A taxonomic genus within the family Lamiaceae – germanders.


Serjania

Named after French friar Philippe Sergeant + -ia.

named-after

A taxonomic genus within the family Sapindaceae – flowering plants, principally of savannas of the Americas.


Paullinia

A taxonomic genus within the family Sapindaceae – flowering shrubs, small trees and lianas of the tropical Americas, notably guarana.


Illicium

A taxonomic genus within the family Schisandraceae – flowering plants including star anise.

Illicium verum

star anise, Chinese star anise, true star anise


Hydrocotyle

A taxonomic genus within the family Araliaceae – water pennyworts or navelworts.


Dipteryx

A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – certain tropical shrubs and trees of the New World.


Cunila

A taxonomic genus within the family Lamiaceae – various plants.

Cunila origanoides

common dittany, stone mint, frost mint, dittany, American dittany; syn. Cunila mariana


Cynanchum

A taxonomic genus within the family Apocynaceae – swallowworts and related plants.

for other species see Cynanchum on Wikimedia Commons..


Heloderma

From Ancient Greek ἧλος (hêlos, “spike, nail”) + δέρμα (dérma, “skin”).

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A taxonomic genus within the family Helodermatidae – venomous lizards, including beaded lizards and Gila monsters.


Ciliata

From New Latin ciliāta, from cilium (“cilium”, literally “eyelid”) + -ata.

(in italics: Ciliata f) A taxonomic genus within the family Lotidae – certain rocklings.

A taxonomic class within the phylum Alveolata – certain protozoa, ciliates.


Hippomane

From Latin hippomanes, from Ancient Greek ἱππομανές (hippomanés, “thorn-apple”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Euphorbiaceae – manzanillo and closely related plants of the region surrounding the Caribbean Sea.


Onchocerca

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ὄγκος (ónkos, “barb”) + κέρκος (kérkos, “tail”).

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A taxonomic genus within the family Onchocercidae – parasitic roundworms that cause river blindness.


Thapsia

A taxonomic genus within the family Urocyclidae – certain air-breathing land snails.


Thapsia

From Latin thapsia, from Ancient Greek θαψία (thapsía, “a plant that dyed yellow, probably Thapsia garganica”), brought from Θάψος (Thápsos), an island in front of Sicily.

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A taxonomic genus within the family Apiaceae – deadly carrots.


Protophyta

(in italics, Protophyta f) A taxonomic genus within the family Geometridae – certain moths, of Australia.

A loosely defined group of thallophytes.


Celastrus

From Ancient Greek κήλαστρος (kḗlastros, “holly”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Celastraceae – the staff vines and bittersweets.


Spigelia

→ Arabic: سِّبْجِيل (ssibjīl)

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English: → spigelia, ⇒ spigeleine, ⇒ spigeline

→ Russian: спиге́лия (spigélija)

Named after Adriaan van den Spiegel + -ia.

A taxonomic genus within the family Loganiaceae – pinkroots.


Empusa

From Ancient Greek Ἔμπουσα (Émpousa, “a species of monster of Greek mythology”).

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A taxonomic genus within the family Empusidae – certain praying mantises.


Durio zibethinus

A taxonomic species within the family Malvaceae – the species of durian which is most common worldwide.


Griselinia

A taxonomic genus within the family Griseliniaceae – evergreen shrubs native to South America and New Zealand.


Anona

A taxonomic genus within the family Anonaceae – a former spelling of Annona.


Cingulata

From Latin cingulāta (“the girded ones”).

A taxonomic order within the class Mammalia – armadillos.


Erinaceomorpha

A taxonomic order within the class Mammalia – hedgehogs and gymnures.


Pseudophyllidea

→ English: pseudophyllid

⇒ English: pseudophyllidean

From English pseudo- + English -phyll + -idea, from ψευδής (pseudḗs, “lying, false”) + φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”).

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A taxonomic order within the class Neoophora – certain flatworms, now usually divided into orders Bothriocephalidea and Diphyllobothriidea.


Actias

A taxonomic genus within the family Saturniidae – Asian-American moon moths, distinctive for the long tails on their hindwings.


Actias luna

A taxonomic species within the family Saturniidae – luna moth.


Ungnadia

A taxonomic genus within the family Sapindaceae – Mexican buckeye.


Microleo

From micro- + small Classical Latin leō (“lion”).

Microleo attenboroughi
Microleo attenboroughi#Translingual

A taxonomic genus within the family †Thylacoleonidae – one species, Microleo attenboroughi, a small, extinct lion-like marsupial.


Microleo attenboroughi

†Microleo attenboroughi (canonical masculine)

A taxonomic species within the family †Thylacoleonidae – miniature marsupial lions, now extinct, extant during the Early Miocene epoch.


Methanobacteriales

A taxonomic order within the class Methanobacteria.


Grylloblattodea

A taxonomic order within the class Insecta – the rock crawlers or ice crawlers.


Selaginellales

A taxonomic order within the class Lycopodiopsida – spike mosses, a type of club moss.


Echeneididae

Apparently a misconstruction of Echeneidae.


Garryales

A taxonomic order within the clade asterids.


Ralfsiales

A taxonomic order within the class Phaeophyceae – certain brown algae.