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 |
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Cyclostomi, often referred to as Cyclostomata /sɪkloʊˈstɒmətə/, 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.