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Leiosphaeridia
Taxonomy
Leiosphaeridia was named by Eisenack (1958). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type is Leiosphaeridia baltica.
It was assigned to Dinophyceae by Eisenack (1958); to Life by Riedman et al. (2023); and to Acritarcha by Maithy (1975), Allison and Awramik (1989), Yao et al. (2005), Mussini et al. (2025).
It was assigned to Dinophyceae by Eisenack (1958); to Life by Riedman et al. (2023); and to Acritarcha by Maithy (1975), Allison and Awramik (1989), Yao et al. (2005), Mussini et al. (2025).
Species
L. asperata, L. baltica (type species), L. crassa, L. crescentica, L. hyalina, L. jacutica, L. kanshiensis, L. menendezii, L. minutissima, L. perthensis, L. pusilla, L. similis, L. simplex, L. tenuissima
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1958 | Leiosphaeridia Eisenack p. 2 fig. 5 |
| 1975 | Leiosphaeridia Maithy p. 142 |
| 1989 | Leiosphaeridia Allison and Awramik p. 287 |
| 2005 | Leiosphaeridia Yao et al. p. 697 |
| 2023 | Leiosphaeridia Riedman et al. p. 24 |
| 2025 | Leiosphaeridia Mussini et al. |
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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. †Leiosphaeridia Eisenack 1958
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†Leiosphaeridia asperata Naumova 1950
†Leiosphaeridia baltica Eisenack 1958
†Leiosphaeridia crassa Naumova 1949
†Leiosphaeridia crescentica Sinha 1969
†Leiosphaeridia hyalina Eisenack 1958
†Leiosphaeridia jacutica Timofeev 1969
†Leiosphaeridia kanshiensis Maithy 1975
†Leiosphaeridia menendezii Volkheimer et al. 1977
†Leiosphaeridia minutissima Naumova 1949
†Leiosphaeridia perthensis Blackhouse 1988
†Leiosphaeridia pusilla Madler 1963
†Leiosphaeridia similis Cookson and Eisenack 1960
†Leiosphaeridia simplex Sinha 1969
†Leiosphaeridia tenuissima Eisenack 1958
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available