Preferred Name |
chondrichthyan |
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Synonyms |
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Definitions |
A class that contains the cartilaginous fishes: they are jawed vertebrates with paired fins, paired nares, scales, a heart with its chambers in series, and skeletons made of cartilage rather than bone. The class is divided into two subclasses: Elasmobranchii (sharks, rays, skates, and sawfish) and Holocephali (chimaeras, sometimes called ghost sharks, which are sometimes separated into their own class). |
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ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_7777 |
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alternate name |
chondrichthyans |
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definition |
A class that contains the cartilaginous fishes: they are jawed vertebrates with paired fins, paired nares, scales, a heart with its chambers in series, and skeletons made of cartilage rather than bone. The class is divided into two subclasses: Elasmobranchii (sharks, rays, skates, and sawfish) and Holocephali (chimaeras, sometimes called ghost sharks, which are sometimes separated into their own class). |
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has database cross reference |
https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Chondrichthyes |
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has synonym |
Chondrichthyes |
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label |
chondrichthyan |
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Library of Congress Classification |
QL638.6-QL638.95 |
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NCBI Taxonomy ID | ||
prefixIRI |
NCBITaxon:7777 |
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prefLabel |
chondrichthyan |
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SNOMED CT Identifier | ||
subClassOf |