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Pteridinium carolinaense

Taxonomy
Pteridinium carolinaense was named by St. Jean (1973).

It was synonymized subjectively with Pteridinium simplex by Fedonkin et al. (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Pteridinium carolinaense St. Jean

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Erniettomorpha(Pflug 1972)
RankNameAuthor
genusPteridinium
speciescarolinaenseSt. Jean 1973

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Pteridinium carolinaense St. Jean 1973
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: no hard partsg
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 100 to < 1000g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 100 to < 1000g
Thickness: thing
Environment: inner shelf, marineg
Locomotion: stationaryg
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindo
Created: 2009-04-21 12:24:58
Modified: 2022-12-09 13:17:44
Source: g = genus, o = order
References: Rodríguez-Martínez et al. 2022, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available