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Stigmosphaerostylus

Protozoa - Entactinaria - Entactiniidae

Taxonomy

Stigmosphaerostylus was named by Rüst (1892) [Sepkoski's age data: C l]. Its type is Stigmosphaerostylus notabilis.

It was assigned to Radiolaria by Aitchison and Stratford (1997); to Spumellaria by Sepkoski (2002); to Entactiniinae by Aitchison et al. (1999), Wang et al. (2003) and Thassanapak (2015); and to Entactiniidae by Noble et al. (2017).

Species

Apophysisphaera elegans, Apophysisphaera membranacea, Apophysisphaera parva, Apophysisphaera rosae, Astroentactinia biaciculata, Astroentactinia capitanensis, Astroentactinia crassata, Astroentactinia crubellata, Astroentactinia deorsiacus, Astroentactinia digitosa, Astroentactinia echinosimilis, Astroentactinia erinacea, Astroentactinia formosa, Astroentactinia inscita, Astroentactinia luxuria, Astroentactinia mendosa, Astroentactinia mirousi, Astroentactinia miscella, Astroentactinia paronae, Astroentactinia pauxilla, Astroentactinia porosa, Astroentactinia praeacudura, Astroentactinia radiata, Astroentactinia ramificans, Astroentactinia rusaevi, Astroentactinia spatiosa, Astroentactinia speciosa, Astroentactinia stellaesimilis, Astroentactinia stellata, Astroentactinia tantilla, Astroentactinia tikhomirovi, Astroentactinia valentiniae, Astroentactinia vishnevskayae, Entactinia additiva, Entactinia akdymensis, Entactinia americana, Entactinia aperticuva, Entactinia atypica, Entactinia austrouralica, Entactinia bella, Entactinia bifida, Entactinia bogdanovi, Entactinia brilonensis, Entactinia carbonica, Entactinia cometes, Entactinia complanata, Entactinia consociata, Entactinia crustescens, Entactinia dasysa, Entactinia delvolvei, Entactinia densa, Entactinia densissima, Entactinia dianae, Entactinia dimidiata, Entactinia dissora, Entactinia diversita, Entactinia dolichoacus, Entactinia duksundiensis, Entactinia eiklaensis, Entactinia elongata, Entactinia exilispina, Entactinia faceta, Entactinia foveolata, Entactinia haeckeliana, Entactinia hercula, Entactinia herculea, Entactinia hindeiana, Entactinia hirsuta, Entactinia hoxtolgayensis, Entactinia inaequoporosa, Entactinia iriensis, Entactinia leptura, Entactinia mediforma, Entactinia meishanensis, Entactinia micropora, Entactinia micula, Entactinia minuta, Entactinia mixta, Entactinia modesta, Entactinia monalloea, Entactinia morii, Entactinia multispinosa, Entactinia octaculeata, Entactinia octaparvispina, Entactinia octaradiata, Entactinia ormistoni, Entactinia oumonhaoensis, Entactinia pantosompha, Entactinia pantotolma, Entactinia parapycnoclada, Entactinia parva, Entactinia parviporosa, Entactinia patorovaria, Entactinia paula, Entactinia perplexa, Entactinia pillaraense, Entactinia pinrasensis, Entactinia postadditiva, Entactinia praenuntia, Entactinia praepycnoclada, Entactinia proceraspina, Entactinia prodigialis, Entactinia pycnoclada, Entactinia quantilla, Entactinia reticulata, Entactinia rostriformis, Entactinia sashidai, Entactinia sexradiata, Entactinia sheeprockensis, Entactinia somphorhips, Entactinia spinifera, Entactinia spinosa, Entactinia spongia, Entactinia spongites, Entactinia strena, Entactinia suave, Entactinia subulata, Entactinia sychnacanthina, Entactinia tenuiacerosa, Entactinia tortispina, Entactinia tyrrelli, Entactinia unispina, Entactinia vulgaris, Entactinia wangi, Entactinia ximengensis, Entactinia xinjiangensis, Inaequalientactinia deflandrei, Inaequalientactinia gourmelonae, Inaequalientactinia parva, Inaequalientactinia typica, Inaequalientactinia wuppertalensis, S. bazhaiensis, S. coronatus, S. cubicus, S. dobruskinae, S. favusa, S. gogoensis, S. horrida, S. hystricuosa, S. inaequalis, S. istanbulensis, S. itsukaichiensis, S. leveni, S. meyeni, S. notabilis (type species), S. profundisulcus, S. pusilla, S. qinzhouensis, S. sakmaraensis, S. variospina, S. wildei, S. yaoi

Species lacking formal opinion data

S. dimidiata, S. dissora, S. turkensis

Synonyms

Entactinia was named by Foreman (1963) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Atda-u P Guad-u Sepkoski's reference number: 2,579].

It was synonymized subjectively with Stigmosphaerostylus by Aitchison et al. (1999), Wang et al. (2003) and Noble et al. (2017).

It was assigned to Entactiniinae by Nazarov and Ormiston (1983) and Aitchison (1993); to Spumellaria by Sepkoski (2002); and to Entactiniidae by Won (1997), De Wever et al. (2001) and Feng et al. (2004).
Astroentactinia was named by Nazarov (1975) [Sepkoski's age data: D Eife P Leon-l Sepkoski's reference number: 536]. Its type is Astroentactinia ramificans.

It was synonymized subjectively with Entactinia by Won (1997); it was synonymized subjectively with Stigmosphaerostylus by Noble et al. (2017).

It was assigned to Polyentactiniinae by Nazarov and Ormiston (1983); to Spumellaria by Sepkoski (2002); to Astroentactiniinae by Aitchison (1993) and Wang et al. (2003); and to Entactiniidae by Feng et al. (2004).
Stigmosphaerostylus inaequalis was named by Hinde (1899). It is not extant.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Aitchison et al. (2017).
Apophysisphaera was named by Won (1997). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Entactinia by De Wever et al. (2001); it was synonymized subjectively with Stigmosphaerostylus by Noble et al. (2017).

It was assigned to Retentactiniinae by Won (1997).
Inaequalientactinia was named by Won (1991). Its type is Inaequalientactinia typica.

It was synonymized subjectively with Entactinia by Won (1997) and De Wever et al. (2001); it was synonymized subjectively with Stigmosphaerostylus by Noble et al. (2017).
Palaeoxyphostylus was named by Won (1983).

It was synonymized subjectively with Entactinia by Won (1997) and De Wever et al. (2001); it was synonymized subjectively with Stigmosphaerostylus by Noble et al. (2017).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1892	Stigmosphaerostylus Rüst
1899	Stigmosphaerostylus inaequalis Hinde
1963	Entactinia Foreman
1975	Astroentactinia Nazarov
1983	Astroentactinia Nazarov and Ormiston
1983	Entactinia Nazarov and Ormiston
1983	Palaeoxyphostylus Won
1991	Inaequalientactinia Won
1993	Astroentactinia Aitchison
1993	Entactinia Aitchison
1997	Stigomosphaerostylus Aitchison and Stratford p. 380
1997	Apophysisphaera Won
1997	Entactinia Won
1999	Stigmosphaerostylus Aitchison et al. p. 148
2001	Entactinia De Wever et al. p. 180
2002	Astroentactinia Sepkoski
2002	Entactinia Sepkoski
2002	Stigmosphaerostylus Sepkoski
2003	Astroentactinia Wang et al. p. 130
2003	Stigmosphaerostylus Wang et al. p. 132
2004	Entactinia Feng et al. p. 384
2004	Astroentactinia Feng et al. p. 387
2015	Stigmosphaerostylus Thassanapak p. 129
2017	Stigmosphaerostylus Noble et al. p. 448

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Rank	Name	Author
—	Life
—	Eukaryota	()
class	Protozoa	Goldfuss 1820
subphylum	Sarcodina	Schmarda 1871
class	Reticularea	Lankester 1885

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Radiolaria	(Müller 1858)
superorder	Polycystina	(Ehrenberg 1838)
order	Entactinaria	Kozur and Mostler 1982
family	Entactiniidae	Riedel 1967
genus	Stigmosphaerostylus	Rüst 1892

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.

G. †Stigmosphaerostylus Rüst 1892

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†Stigmosphaerostylus bazhaiensis Wang 2009

†Stigmosphaerostylus coronatus Kozur and Mostler 1989

†Stigmosphaerostylus cubicus Luo et al. 2002

†Stigmosphaerostylus dobruskinae Kozur and Mostler 1989

†Stigmosphaerostylus favusa Maldonado and Noble 2010

†Stigmosphaerostylus gogoensis Aitchison 1993

†Stigmosphaerostylus horrida Furutani 1983

†Stigmosphaerostylus hystricuosa Aitchison 1993

†Stigmosphaerostylus istanbulensis Noble et al. 2008

†Stigmosphaerostylus itsukaichiensis Sashida and Tonishi 1985

†Stigmosphaerostylus leveni Kozur and Mostler 1989

†Stigmosphaerostylus meyeni Kozur and Mostler 1989

†Stigmosphaerostylus notabilis Rüst 1892

†Stigmosphaerostylus profundisulcus Aitchison 1993

†Stigmosphaerostylus pusilla Hinde 1899

†Stigmosphaerostylus qinzhouensis Wang 2012

†Stigmosphaerostylus sakmaraensis Kozur and Mostler 1989

†Stigmosphaerostylus variospina Won 1983

†Stigmosphaerostylus wildei Noble and Jin 2010

†Stigmosphaerostylus yaoi Kozur and Mostler 1989

Invalid names: Apophysisphaera Won 1997 [synonym], Astroentactinia Nazarov 1975 [synonym], Entactinia Foreman 1963 [synonym], Inaequalientactinia Won 1991 [synonym], Palaeoxyphostylus Won 1983 [synonym], Stigmosphaerostylus inaequalis Hinde 1899 [nomen dubium]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available