Phylum vs Pinacoderm - What's the difference?
phylum | pinacoderm |
(biology, taxonomy) A rank in the classification of organisms, below kingdom and above class; also called a division, especially in describing plants; a taxon at that rank
(linguistics) A large division of possibly related languages, or a major language family which is not subordinate to another.
The outer most layer of cells (pinacocytes ) in the phylum Porifera (sponges), equivalent to the epidermis, and characterized as an epithelial layer of flattened cells.
As nouns the difference between phylum and pinacoderm
is that phylum is (biology|taxonomy) a rank in the classification of organisms, below kingdom and above class; also called a division, especially in describing plants; a taxon at that rank while pinacoderm is the outer most layer of cells (pinacocytes ) in the phylum porifera (sponges), equivalent to the epidermis, and characterized as an epithelial layer of flattened cells.phylum
English
Noun
(en-noun)- Mammals belong to the phylum Chordata.