An alternative scientific name for the taxonomic group of two-gilled cephalopods, used in formal biological classification.
From di- (two) + branchia (gill) + -ata (Latin suffix for group classification). This Latinized form became standard in zoological nomenclature during the 19th century.
Scientists in different countries sometimes created different names for the same group—'dibranchiata' is the fancy Latinized version, showing how international science had to work out a common language.
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