Cyclostomi

Cyclostomes
Temporal range: Lochkovian - Recent
Sea lamprey from Sweden
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Agnatha
Superclass: Cyclostomi
Duméril, 1806
Classes

Cyclostomi, often referred to as Cyclostomata /sɪklˈstɒmətə/, from Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos), meaning "circle", and στόμα (stóma), meaning "mouth", is a superclass of vertebrates that comprises the living jawless fish classes: the lampreys and hagfishes. Both groups have jawless mouths with horny epidermal structures that function as teeth called ceratodontes, and branchial arches that are internally positioned instead of external as in the related jawed fishes. The superclass was named by Joan Crockford-Beattie.